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EDWARDSS 

BOTANICAL    REGISTER: 


OR, 


ORNAMENTAL   FLOWER-GARDEN 

AND   SHRUBBERY:  ^^''^  Ji?-".^ 

BOTANICAL 


CONSISTING  OF 


COLOURED  FIGURES  OF  PLANTS  AND  SHRUBS, 

CULTIVATED  IN  BRITISH  GARDENS; 


ACCOMPANIED    BY   THEIR 


l^tStorS)  Beset  ittetKol;  oC  'Evtutmtm  in  Cttltibatton^  Propagation,  $cc* 


CONTINUED 


By  JOHN  LINDLEY,  Ph.D.  F.R.S.  L.S.  and  G.S. 

PROFESSOR   OF    BOTANY    IN    THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    LONDON, 

AND   THE    KOYAL    INSTITUTION    OF   GREAT   BRITAIN, 

^•C.    S)-C.    S)-C. 


VOL.  IX. 

OR   VOL.   XXII.  OF  THE   ENTIRE    WORK. 


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LONDON : 

JAMES   RIDGWAY  AND  SONS,   PICCADILLY. 

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ALPHABETICAL  INDEX 


VOL.    IX.    OF    THE     NEW     SERIES. 


Folium 

Alstromeria  aurantiaca 1843 

Angrsecum  caudatum 1344 

Antirrliinum  glandulosum 1893 

Aptosimum  depressum 1882 

Ardisia  odontophylla 1892 

Aspasia  variegata 1907 

Bartonia  aurea 1831 

Bifrenaria  aurantiaca 1875 

Brasavola  cordata 1914 

Brunonia  australis 1833 

Camellia  Japonica  DoncT<elaeri   1854 

Cattkya  labiata 1859 

— ^ —  intermedia 1919 

Celosia  coccinea 1834 

Clintonia  pulchella 1909 

Cirrha;a  tristis 1889 

Cooperia  Drummondi 1835 

Coryanthes  macrantha 1841 

Craspedia  glauca 1908 

Crataegus  Aronia 1897 

Crus  Galli,  omlifolia 1860 

I                  glandulosa,  macracantha  ..  .  1912 

heterophylla 1847 

microcarpa 1846 

mexicana 1910 

maroccana 1855 

odoratissima 1885 

orientalis 1852 

platyphylla 1874 

pyrifolia 1877 

prunifolia 1868 

spathulata 1890 

tanacetifolia 1884 

Crybe  rosea 1872 

Cytisus  zeolicus 1902 

Dendrobium  macrostachyum 1865 

Douglasia  nivalis 1886 

Epidendrum  semulum 1898 

armeniacum 1867 

bifidum 1879 

clavatum 1870 

Skinneri 1881 

Epimedium  macranthum 1906 

Escallonia  illinita 1900 

Genista  monosperma 1918 

Giliatenuiflora 1888 


Folium 

Godetia  lepida 1849 

rubicunda 1 856 

vinosa 1880 

Habenaria  procera 1 858 

Hyacinthus  spicatus 1869 

lonopsis  tenera 1 904 

Iris  alata 1876 

Kageneckia  crata-gifolia 1 836 

Kennedya  ?  glabrata 1838 

^^^-^—  macrophylla 1862 

Stirlingi 1845 

Kerria  Japonica ]  373 

Lapeyrousia  anceps 1903 

Lobelia  decurrens 1 842 

Lupinus  latifolius 1891 

Lychnis  Bungeana 1 864 

IManettia  cordifolia 1866 

Maxillaria  aromatica 1871 

r  ufescens 1 848 

Mormodes  atropurpurea 1 861 

Myanthus  deltoideus    1896 

Nectaroscordura  siculum 1913 

(Enothera  humifusa 1829 

serotina 1840 

Oncidium  iridifolium 1911 

Russellianum 1830 

altissimum 1851 

Lanceanura 1887 

Ornithogalum  cbloroleucum 1853 

Oxyura  cbrysanthemoides 1850 

Pentstemon  heterophyllum 1899 

Prescottia  colorans 1916 

Rondeletia  odorata 1903 

Sarcochilus  falcatus 1832 

Scaphyglottis  violacea 1901 

Scilla  Cupaniana 1 878 

Sisyrinchium  graminifolium  pumilum  1915 

Stackhousia  nionogyna 1917 

Stanhopea  insignis 1837 

Trichopilia  tortilis 1 863 

Trifolium  fucatum 1 883 

Tristania  macrophylla 1 839 

Yucca  Draconis 1894 

flaccida 1895 

Zvgopetalura  cochleare 1 857 


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1829 

lENOTHERA   humifusa. 

Pencilled    Evenhig    Primrose. 


Nut.  Ord.    OXAGRACE.E. 

(E  MOTHER  A. -Stqjra,  vol.-l.foL  147. 


NL'V\    YORK 
SOTAMCAL 


CE.  humifusa  ;  tota  villosa,  caulibus  prostratis,  foliis  ex  ovata  basi  angustis  ac\J- 
minatis  dentatis,  spicis  foliosis  termlnalibus,  calycis  tubogracili  ovario  duplo 
longiore,  petalis  bilobis  venosis  staminibus  longioribus,  stigmatis  lobis  bic- 
vibus  cruciatis,  capsulis  prismaticis. 

CE.  humifusa.     Nutt.  (jen.  amer.  245. 

G^.  concinna.     Don  in  Brit.  Fl.  Gard.  n.s.  t.  183. 

Boisduvalia  concinna.     Spach  in  Ann.  des  sc.  ser.  2.  4.  161. 

Annua,  cinerascens,  undique  pube  brevi  patente  vestita.  Caules  pro- 
cumhentes,  subsimpliciter  ramosi,  pallide  virides.  Folia  sessilia,  basi  ovata, 
angusta,  acuminata,  paululum  recurva,  dentata  ;  supenora  bractescentia  in' 
tegriora.  Tubus  calycis  sanguineus,  gracilis,  limbo  ovarioque  duplo  longior  ,- 
limbus  4-partitus  viridis.  Petala  obcordata,  venosa,  diurna,  S7ib  sole  pallida, 
in  umbra  amcene  rosea.  Stamina  omnia  fertilia,  alterna  breviora.  Stylus 
filiformis  staminibus  longior,  decolor  ;  stigma  breviter  quadrilobum,  Seniina 
oblonga.,  fusco-olivacea,  glabra,  subangulata  ;  testa  Icevi  tenui. 


A  pretty  little  hardy  annual,  for  a  specimen  of  which  I 
am  indebted  to  the  kindness  of  Mrs.  Marryat,  who  origin- 

cNi  ally  received  the  seeds  from  Mr.  Lambert.  In  the  Garden 
at  Wimbledon  it  creeps  close  to  the  ground,  forming  a  plant 

t^      a  foot  in  diameter,  and  shedding  its  seeds  very  freely. 

cu  ... 

=3  According  to  Professor  Don  this  is  a  Chilian  plant,  m- 

troduced  by  Mr.  Cuming.  But  I  do  not  find  any  thing 
like  it  among  the  rich  Chilian  Herbaria  collected  by  Cum- 
ing, Macrae,  Mathews,  Bridges,  and  others ;  Mr.  Cruck- 
shanks,  who  is  so  well  acquainted  with  the  Chilian  flora,  is 

VOL.    XXII.  B 


equally  a  stranger  to  it ;  and  1  suspect  some  mistake  on  the 
part  of  Mr.  Lambert's  gardener.  In  fact,  it  appears  to  be 
the  (E.  kumifusa  of  Nuttall,  a  species  originally  discovered 
on  the  sea-coast  near  Cumberland  Island  in  Florida,  by 
Dr.  Baldwin.  When  exposed  to  much  light  its  flowers  are 
a  very  pale  delicate  flesh  colour,  but  if  they  are  made  to 
expand  in  a  cool  shady  place,  such,  for  instance,  as  a  sitting 
room  with  a  northern  aspect,  they  acquire  the  beautiful  pink 
of  the  accompanying  plate. 


The  genus  GEnothera  has  lately  been  the  subject  of  what  is  called 
a  revision,  by  one  Mr.  Spach,  a  German  Botanist  resident  at  Paris. 
This  writer  appears  to  belong  to  that  school  which  takes  for  the  fun- 
damental article  of  its  faith,  the  belief  that  an  occasional  subversion 
of  the  established  nomenclature  of  the  best  known  parts  of  syste- 
matic Natural  History,  is  the  surest  way — not  to  advance  the  science 
but — to  carve  out  a  great  reputation  for  themselves ;  who  think  it 
far  more  pleasant  to  see  their  own  names  attached  to  a  plant,  than 
the  name  of  its  discoverer  ;  who  have  a  happy  knack  of  appropri- 
ating to  themselves,  by  an  ingenious  sort  of  hocus  pocus,  the  credit 
which  in  reality  belongs  to  others,  and  who  contrive,  by  what  they 
are  pleased  to  call  remodelling  a  genus,  to  push  themselves  into 
what  the  uninitiated  imagine  to  be  the  high  places  of  science.  One 
of  the  first  s^entlemen  who  took  up  this  trade  in  Botany  was,  I  think, 
a  certain  Mr.  Schreber,  who,  by  changing  all  the  generic  names  of 
the  plants  collected  in  Cayenne  by  Fusee  Aublet,  succeeded  for  a 
time  in  getting  to  himself  the  credit  of  the  unfortunate  Frenchman's 
discoveries.  So  meritorious  an  example  was  not  likely  to  want 
imitators,  and  accordingly,  from  that  day  to  this,  the  world  has 
been  occasionally  afflicted  by  the  visitations  of  scientific  putters-to- 
rights,  who  have  bedizened  and  bedecked  poor  Botany  after  such  a 
fashion,  that  her  nearest  friends  cannot  recognise  her,  and  can 
hardly  believe  her  to  be  the  same  science,  whose  acquaintance  they 
have  been  cultivating  all  their  lives. .  Mr.  Spach  is  no  unworthy  dis- 
ciple of  this  •' philoseautic"  school,  as  I  now  proceed  to  shew. 

Most  people  who  know  any  thing  of  Botany  are  acquainted  with 
.such  plants  as  QSnothera  macrocarpa  of  Pursh,  CE.  biennis  of  Linvceus, 


CE.  acaiilisof  Cavanilles,  (E.  rosea  of  Aiton,  05.  fruticosa  of  Sims,  or 
CE.  speciosa  of  Nuttall.  But  no  such  species  are  to  be  found  in  the 
book  of  Mr.  Spach,  who  has  been  putting  CEnotliera  to  rights. 
Upon  looking,  however,  more  narrowly  after  our  old  acquaintances, 
we  at  last  discover  them  figuring  away  under  the  names  of  Megapte- 
rium  Nuttalliannm  of  Spach,  Onagra  vulgaris  of  Spach,  Lavauxia 
muticaof  Spach,  Hartmannia  gauroides  oi' Spach,  Kneiffia  suffruti' 
cosa  of  Spach^  and  Xylopleurum  Nuttallii  of  Spach  ;  and  in  like  man- 
ner, our  friends  Fuchsia  lycioides,  thymifolia  and  microphylla  have 
been  spirited  away,  and  their  places  taken  by  Kierschliegeria  lycioides 
of  Spiach,  Lyciopsis  thymifolia  of  Spach,  and  Brebissonia  micro- 
phylla of  Spach.  And  upon  what  grounds,  it  will  be  asked,  is  all  this 
improvement  effected?  Why  upon  this  ?  Mr.  Spach  has  made  the 
prodigious  discovery  that  in  some  species  of  Oenothera  the  seeds 
have  a  thicker  skin  than  in  others,  that  their  skin  is  even  oc- 
casionally pitted  ;  he  has  further  ascertained  that  the  seed  vessel  is 
not  always  of  the  same  shape,  but  that  it  is  narrow  in  some  and 
broad  in  others,  tough  in  some  and  tender  in  others,  now  broadest 
at  one  end  now  at  the  other ;  and  he  has  even  found  out  that  some 
Q^^notheras  have  8  ribs,  others  12,  and  others  only  4  in  their 
capsules.  Armed  with  this  intelligence  this  clever  gentleman 
snatches  up  his  critical  lance,  jumps  into  the  saddle,  puts  spurs  to 
his  Rosinante,  and  rides  full  tilt  at  QEnothera,  whom  he  unseats  at 
the  first  atteinte,  and  then  cuts  and  hacks  into  a  dozen  pieces.  No 
one  can  deny  that  this  is  brave  work  ;  all  honour  to  Mr.  Spach  for 
his  feat. 

But  to  be  serious— can  any  thing  be  well  imagined  more  per- 
fectly absurd  or  more  pregnant  with  mischief  than  such  doings  as 
this.  If  there  is  any  meaning  in  the  word  genus,  and  if  it  has  any 
intelligible  application,  it  must  be  the  representation  of  some  special 
simple  type  of  organization  which  differs  from  all  other  types:  just  as 
an  order  is  the  representation  of  some  more  compound  type  of  or- 
ganization. Thus  a  Strawberry  is  a  Rosaceous  plant,  in  which  a 
tendency  to  become  excessively  succulent  and  saccharine  exists  in 
the  receptacle  of  the  achenia  ;  a  Potentilla  is  a  Rosaceous  plant  in 
which  no  kind  of  tendency  exists  to  such  an  enlargement  of  the 
receptacle,  and  the  differences  are  constant ;  again  a  Rubus  differs 
from  both  these  genera  in  the  tendency  to  enlargement  and  the  for- 
mation of  saccharine  matter  existing  in  the  achenia,  and  not  in  the 
receptacle,  and  this  is  accompanied  by  the  suppression  of  one  series 
of  the  calycine  segments.  These  are  clear,  plain,  intelligible  dif- 
ferences, each  of  winch  constitutes  a  separate  type  of  structure.  But 
is  one  seed  being  less  pitted  (scrobiculate)  than  another,  a  diff'erent 
type  of  structure?  Or  having  its  seed  coat  a  little  thicker?  Or 
are  we  to  consider  an  obovate  capsule  a  different  type  of  structure 


B  2 


from  an  ovate  one?  Or  a  tliin-sided  pericarp  a  different  type  of 
structure  from  a  thicker-sided  one?  Mr.  Spach  says  yes  ;  and  upon 
such  differences  is  the  larger  part  of  his  new  genera  (!!)  proposed. 
To  me,  however,  and  1  shoukl  hope  to  the  greater  number  of  Bota- 
nists who  have  any  idea  what  general  views  are,  such  opinions 
appear  contrary  to  common  sense.  If  the  example  of  writers  like 
Mr.  Spach  were  to  be  followed,  systematic  Botany  would  be  resolved 
into  its  original  elements  :  books  would  consist  of  mere  masses  of 
species ;  all  power  of  analysis  would  be  at  an  end,  and  the  great 
objects  of  classification  would  be  annihilated, 

A  proneness  to  disturb  existing  nomenclature  is  very  commonly 
alleged  against  modern  Botanists  in  a  mass,  and  is  looked  upon  by 
the  Public,  who  are  much  inconvenienced  by  it,  as  a  besetting  sin 
in  modern  Natural  History.  That  there  is  a  good  deal  of  prejudice, 
much  misconception,  and  no  small  degree  of  ignorance  in  this  po- 
pular outcry,  I  or  any  Botanist  could  easily  prove  ;  for  it  is  impos- 
sible that,  in  a  science  of  observation,  the  ideas  of  any  man  should 
remain  fixed  and  immoveable,  unless,  indeed,  in  the  case  of  those 
gentlemen  whom  Science  every  now  and  then  leaves  so  far  behind 
her,  that,  in  the  end,  they  are  well  nigh  lost  sight  of  altogether. 
As  new  objects  are  discovered  the  necessity  of  new  systematic  combi- 
nations becomes  evident,  and  the  ideas  of  Botanists  change  accord- 
ingly, the  visible  result  of  which  is  occasional  changes  in  nomen- 
clature. Genera  are  thus  materially  affected  from  time  to  time, 
and  new  species  as  they  are  discovered  render  the  creation  of  new 
genera  necessary,  into  which  some  of  the  species  of  the  old  genera 
are  very  often  transferred.  But,  on  the  other  hand,  it  is  most 
true,  that  there  are  too  many  Botanical  writers  who,  without  due 
consideration,  or  a  sufficient  power  of  forming  good  general  views, 
or  from  an  incomplete  and  superficial  acquaintance  with  their 
subject,  are,  like  this  Mr.  Spach,  in  the  habit  of  introducing  inno- 
vations which  science  indeed  repudiates,  but  which  produce  the 
greater  public  inconvenience,  because  it  has  usually  happened  that 
the  writings  of  such  persons  are  intended  for  popular  purposes,  and 
are  directed  to  subjects  of  common  occurrence.  In  the  case  I  have 
now  brought  forward,  the  genus  CEnothera,  one  of  the  most  natural 
and  indivisible  in  the  whole  science,  is  cut  up  into  12  pieces,  to 
which,  what  with  synonyms  and  blunders,  at  least  16  generic 
names  belong,  and  the  adoption  of  these  renders  necessary  some- ' 
thing  more  than  100  new  specific  names,  which  for  one  genus  is 
pretty  well.  Surely,  I  shall  not  be  thought  too  harsh  and  severe, 
when  I  pronounce  the  writings  in  which  such  enormities  are  perpe- 
trated to  be  scientific  nuisances. 

To  these  general  observations  upon  Mr.  Spach's  performance,  I 


have  one  or  two  more  to  offer  of  a  more  special  nature.  There 
really  is  one  grain  of  coj'n  in  the  midst  of  his  chaff".  He  states  that 
certain  supposed  (Enotheras  have  their  chalaza  bordered  by  a  fringed 
margin.  This  is  obviously  an  additional  organ  and  a  special  type 
of  structure  :  it  is  the  beginning  of  the  feathei-y  appendage  of  the  seed 
of  Epilobium,  but  it  is  incapable  of  performing  the  office  of  buoying 
lip  the  seed  in  the  air  so  as  to  enable  it  to  be  dispersed  from  place  to 
place.  I  find  the  structure  to  be  as  Mr.  Spach  states,  and  that  the  spe- 
cies collected  by  the  character  are  CE.  Romanzovii,  purpurea,  and  the 
like,  which  will  not  intermix  with  the  true  Evening  Primroses,  and 
which  have  quite  a  peculiar  habit.  Among  other  things,  their 
flowers  have  no  tendency  to  become  yellow.  To  these  plants  the 
name  of  Godetia  may  be  assigned.  But  Mr.  Spach  refers  to  the 
same  type  of  structure,  QEnothera  densiflora,  and  the  species  now 
before  me,  making  them  however  into  another  genus,  which  he  calls 
Boisduvalia.  As  I  have  the  seeds  of  both  at  this  moment  under 
my  microscope,  I  can  safely  affirm  that  neither  of  these  species 
has  any  trace  of  a  fringed  border  to  the  chalaza,  and  that  conse- 
quently the  most  remarkable  part  of  their  supposed  character  has 
no  real  existence.  Mr.  Spach  adds  to  these  marks  of  distinction, 
that  of  the  stamens  which  are  opposite  the  petals  being  very  short 
(brevissima)  ;  this  is  hardly  true  of  CE.  densiflora,  and  it  is  altogether 
untrue  of  CE.  humifusa.  Boisduvalia  may,  therefore,  be  consigned 
to  the  same  fate  as  the  rest  of  Mr.  Spach's  new  genera. 


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ONCIDIUM    Russcllianum.. 

The  Duke  of  Bedford's  Oncidium. 


Nat.ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Vande^. 
ONCIDIUM.— Supril,  vol.  13.  fol.  1050. 


B.  Labellum  integerrimum. 
O.  Russellianum  ;  pseudobulbis  ovatis  costatis  dipliyllis,  follis  ligulato-Janceo- 
latis  patentibus,    racemo  paucifloro  radicali,   sepalis  petalisque  conformibus 
ovato-oblongls  subundulatis,  labello  postico  oblongo-cuneato  retuso  apicidato 
subsinuato,  lamellis  disci  truncatis. 

Folia  l(Ete  viridia.  Caulis  fusco-purpureus .  Sepala  et  petala  fusco- 
purpurea  viridi  marginata  et  costata.  Labellum  lilacinum  lamellis  disci 
purpureis  albo-7narginatis,  quarnm  series  tres  geminatcB  truncates  sensim 
antepositce  pares  duas  includunt  angustissimas  pariter  truncates.  Columnse 
al(B  semiovatcE  eroscE  acutcB  lutecc  ;  gynizus  margine  purpurea  basi  utrinque 
bidentato  {fig.  I-)/  anthera  et pollinia  Oncidii. 


That  this  is  a  genuine  species  of  Oncidium  I  by  no 
means  aver ;  on  the  contrary  it  differs  from  the  general  form 
of  that  genus  in  its  undivided  posterior  lip,  and  in  the  two 
teeth  which  are  placed  below  the  gynizus  on  either  side  :  its 
colour  too,  notwithstanding  the  example  of  O.  Lanceanum,  is 
different  from  what  prevails  in  the  principal  part  of  the  spe- 
cies of  this  very  natural  and  extensive  genus.  Nevertheless 
I  do  not  feel  justified  in  forming  a  new  genus  out  of  the  ma- 
terials I  at  present  possess.  The  plant  may  possibly  be  a 
transition  species ;  and  it  ranges  well  enough  with  the  ver- 
bal character  of  Oncidium. 

I  have  named  this  species  in  compliment  to  his  Grace 
the  Duke  of  Bedford,  one  of  the  many  liberal  patrons  of 
Botanical  science  of  whom  England  now  can  boast,  and  in 
whose  stove  at  Woburn  it  first  appeared  in  Europe.  It  was 
obtained  from  the  garden  of  Mrs.  Moke  at  Tejuca  near  Rio 
Janeiro,  by  the  Hon.  Capt.  J.  Roos,  R.N.  who  sent  it  to 
Woburn  along  with  many  other  valuable  plants  in  1835. 


/S37. 


9'ii/:^/y .  /  Mo^'My  /Oy^^itiMi^iYf^  .;^^v  /  /&':: 


1831 

*  BARTONIA    aiirea. 

Golden-flowered    Bartonia. 


Nat.  ord.  Loasace/E' 

BARTONIA,  Piirsh.     Sepala  5.    Petala  5-10,  nunc  5  staminibus  toti- 
dem  alternantibus  petaloldeis.      Stamina  00.     Capsula  subclavata,  sessilis,  apice 

3-(-7  D  C.)  valvis.      Placentce  serie  simplici  polyspermse. Herbte,  caulibus 

teretibus,  ranwsis,  pallidis,  hispidis,  frayilibits,  erectis,  nunquam  scanden- 
tibus. 


B.  aurea  ;  foliis  ovato-lanceolatis  simpliciter  pinnatifidis  laciniis  inferiorum  grosse 
serratis,  bracteis  ovatis  pinnatifidis  flores  obvallantibus,  petalls  5  obovatis 
ciispidatis,  filamentis  numerosissimis  omnibus  filiformibus. 

Herba  annua,  l-'i-pedalis,  erecta,  ramosa,  undique  pilis  pungentihus 
haud  pi'urientibus  hisjnda ;  canlibus  pallide  cinereo-virentibus  fragilibus. 
Folia  atroviridia ;  inferiora  3  p.  longa,  sessilia,  subamplexicaulia  ex  ovatd 
basi  lanceolata,  acuminata,  pinnatifida,  lobis  utrinque  circiter  5  gross^  ser- 
ratis ;  superiora  sensim  breviora,  demum  in  bracteas  abeuntia  pinnatifidas 
quoque,  calyce  paulh  breviores  eumque  arete  obvallantes.  Flores  axillares, 
versus  fastigia  ramulorum.  Calyx  pilis  incanis  hispidus ;  tubo  ovario  adnata, 
obovato  ;  limbo  5-partito,  patente,  cequali,  corolla  hreviore.  Petala  5,  aurea, 
lucida,  sub  sole  tantum  expayisa,  ferh.  unciam  longa,  subrotundo-obovata, 
cuspidata,  cestivatio?ie  convoluta.  Stamina  numerosissima,  calyci  inserta, 
Jilamentis  omnibus  filiformibus  exterioribus  longioribus.  Ovarium  \-locu- 
lare  placentis  3  parietalibus ,  linearibus,  polyspermis  ;  semimaturum  parie- 
tibus  IcBvigatis  nitidissimis.  Semina  indefinita,  pallide  fusca,  testa  suhcoria- 
ced  sub  microscopio  minutissime  tuberculata.  Embryo  in  medio  albutninis 
parci  olcoso-carnosi ;  cotyledonibus  plants  virescentibus,  radicula  tereti  albd. 


A  very  beautiful  half-hardy  annual,  discovered  by  Mr. 
Douglas  in  California,  and  raised  in  the  garden  of  the  Hor- 
ticultural Society,  where  it  flowered  in  July  last. 

It  is  only  beneath  bright  sunshine  that  its  splendid  flowers 
unfold;  in'^the  early  morning  the  plant  is  a  shabby  bush, 
with  pale,  greenish-grey  branches  and  weedy  leaves;  but  as 
the  sun  exercises  his  influence  the  petals  gradually  unrol  as 


*  Named  in  complimcut  to  the  late  Dr.  B.  S.  Barton  of  Fliiladelphia. 


if"  in  acknowledgment  of  his  power,  till  every  branch  is 
radiant  with  gold  ;  and  so  metallic  is  the  lustre  of  the  inside 
of  the  petals,  that  one  would  really  think  they  must  be  com- 
posed of  something  more  solid  and  enduring  than  the  delicate 
and  perishable  tissue  of  a  flower. 

It  is  probable  that  this  is  a  species  that  will  be  apt  to 
degenerate,  and  which,  if  neglected,  or  not  supplied  with 
sufficiently  rich  and  moist  soil,  will  have  its  beauty  greatly 
impaired.  The  wild  Californian  specimens  are  by  no  means 
so  handsome  as  those  of  the  Garden. 

What  I  should  recommend  for  it  is,  firstly,  a  sheltered 
situation,  for  the  branches  are  very  brittle  and  liable  to 
be  broken  by  wind  ;  secondly,  a  warm  and  sunshiny  spot, 
for  without  sun  Bartonia  will  not  be  brilliant ;  thirdly, 
a  very  rich  soil,  for  she  is  a  gourmande  in  her  way,  and  if 
starved  she  will  not  gain  half  her  natural  size  ;  and,  fourthly, 
a  good  deal  of  moisture,  for  she  is  a  thirsty  sort  of  personage, 
and  would  prefer  the  banks  of  a  rivulet  to  the  side  of  a  hill. 


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1832 

SARCOCHILUS   falcatus. 

Falcate-leaved  Sarcochihis. 


Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^e  §  VANDEiE. 

SARCOCHILUS,  R,  Br.  Perianthium  patens.  Sepala  hteraWa.  cuin 
ungue  labelli  subtus  connata.  Petala  coiiformia.  Labellum  ecalcaratum,  cum 
ungue  columnaj  continuum,  calceiforme  ;  lobo  intermedio  c^rnoso  solido,  laterali- 
bus  ascendentibus  petaloideis.  Columna  brevissima,  marginibus  tenuibus  inflexis. 
Anthera  bilocularis,  valvis  antherae  inferioribus  deflexis  erosis.     Pollinia  caudi- 

cula  linear!  affixa   glandula  deltoidea. -Epiphyta  acaulis,  vel  brevissime  cau- 

lescens.     Folia  disticha,    lineari-lanceolata,  subcoriacea.     Racemi  axillares, 
erecti,  3-6-Jlori,  secundi,     Bractese  breves,  lata,  ovatce.     Flores  mediocres. 


S.  falcatus.     R.  Br.  Prodr.  332.  Lindl.  g.  &  sp.  orch.  142. 


This  rare  plant  has  been  sent  me  both  by  Mr.  Bateman 
and  Messrs.  Loddiges.  The  drawing  was  made  in  the  col- 
lection of  the  latter  gentlemen  in  April  last. 

It  is  a  native  of  New  Holland  and  near  Hunter  s  River  ; 
but  so  rare  that  I  have  never  yet  received  a  single  native 
specimen  except  an  imperfect  one  for  which  I  was  some 
years  since  indebted  to  Dr.  Brown,  who  however  saw  it  only 
in  an  imperfect  state. 

The  flowering  specimens,  with  which  my  garden  friends 
have  supplied  me,  while  they  have  enabled  me  to  complete 
my  account  of  it,  have  also  shown  that  this  hitherto  little 
known  species  is  really  an  extremely  pretty  little  plant, 
which,  without  any  of  the  gaudy  colours  of  many  of  its  tribe, 
is  so  neat  and  simple  in  its  appearance  as  to  be  sure  to  capti- 
vate the  feelings  of  every  lover  of  nature. 

It  must  be  treated  just  like  other  Orchideous  Epipliytes. 


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<f'i/'<tfy. 


*  BRUN(3nIA    aiistralis. 

Southern  Brunonia. 


Nat.  ord.  Brunomace^. 

BRUNONIA,  Smith,  Capitulmn  iiwolucratum.  Cabjx  5-fidus,  4- 
bracteatus.  Corolla  monopetala,  Infundibuliformis :  limbo  5-partito,  laciniis 
2  superioribus  altius  divisis.  Stamina  5,  hypogyna.  Anthers  connat£e.  Ova- 
rium monospermum.  Stigmatis  indusium  bivalve.  Utriculus  inclusus  tubo 
aucto  indurato  calycis  superne  patuli  laciniis  plumosis.  Semen  exalbuminosum. 
Br.  Prodr.  589. 


B.  australis ;  foliis  undique  scapisque  inferne  villosls  :  pilis  patulis,  calycis  laci- 
niis longitudinaliter  plumosis  :  apice  acutiusculo.     R.  Br.  I.  c.  590. 


A  most  interesting  new  perennial,  introduced  by  Mr. 
James  Backhouse  in  1834.  The  drawing  was  made  from 
specimens  supplied  by  Mr.  Lowe  of  Clapton,  and  I  have  also 
received  it  from  the  Messrs.  Backhouses  of  York. 

In  appearance  it  is  very  like  our  wild  Scabiouses,  but  it 
is  delightfully  fragrant.  It  no  doubt  requires  the  protection 
of  a  frame  in  winter,  and  would  probably  be  more  at  home 
in  such  a  place,  or  in  a  cool  greenhouse  even  during  the 
summer  ;  and  the  general  neatness  of  its  appearance  renders 
it  peculiarly  well  adapted  for  such  a  mode  of  cultivation. 
I  presume  it  will  be  easily  increased  by  partition  of  the 
crown  of  the  root. 

Neither  the  cultivated  plant  nor  my  fine  wild  specimens 
from    Mr.   Gunn    agree    exactly  with  Dr.   Brown's  defini- 


*  So  named  by  Smith  in  compliment  to  Robert  Brown,  Esq.  D.  C.  L.  &c.  &c. 
the  present  Keeper  of  the  Banksian  herbarium  in  the  British  Museum,  whom  I 
may  designate  with  perfect  truth  as  the  most  learned  systematic  Botanist  of  this 
or  any  previous  age. 


tion  of  tlie  species,  for  he  states  that  the  scapes  are  only 
villous  at  their  base,  with  spreading  hairs.  I  find  them,  on 
the  contrary,  equally  downy  at  the  top,  but  it  is  true  that  the 
hairs  of  that  part  are  not  spreading. 

This  genus  is  the  representative  of  the  very  small  Natural 
Order  Brunoniacese,  allied  to  the  Scabious  tribe,  to  Globula- 
riaceee,  to  the  Campanula  tribe,  and  to  other  Monopetalous 
orders.  An  account  of  it  is  given  in  the  Introduction  to  the 
Natural  System  of  Botany,  whither  the  reader  is  referred 
for  information  concerning  its  place  in  the  system,  and  the 
nature  of  its  affinities. 


^ic/i-^J.^&a!jfu'ay/&J^.cou^^^.  ^./<fJ^. 


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1834 

*  CELOSIA  coccinea. 

Scarlet  Cockscomb. 


Nat.  ord.  Amaranthace^. 


CELOSIA,  L.  BractecB  ivirnQTO  incertae,  scariosge,  dcuminatEe,  flore  sup- 
positge.  Cahjx  5-phyllus,  scariosus.  Stcwiina  breviter  monadelpha  filamentis 
basi  latissimis.     Stigma  leviter  trifidum.      Utriculus  circumscissus,  polyspermus. 


C.  coccinea  ;  foliis  anguste  lanceolatis  acuminatls,  caule  sulcato,  spicis  multipli- 
cibus  compressis  acuminatis  pyramidalibus,  staminibus  calyce  brevioribus. 

C.  coccinea.     Mill.  diet.  no.  4.     Willd.    sp.  pi.  1.  1199.   Rom.  Sf  Schult.  5 
465. 


One  of  the  many  forms  in  which  the  Cockscomb  makes 
its  appearance  in  Asia  ;  but  whether  or  not  it  is  truly  a 
distinct  species  I  cannot  judge.  It  differs  from  C.  cristata 
chiefly  in  the  crowded  pyramidal  arrangement  of  the  inflo- 
rescence, the  narrower  leaves,  and  the  short  stamens.  It  is 
also  a  far  more  hardy  plant,  for  while  the  common  Cocks- 
comb can  only  be  brought  to  produce  its  stiff"  and  fantastical 
crests  with  much  care  and  assiduity,  this  demands  no  other 
attention  than  is  required  by  every  tender  annual,  and  goes 
on  enlarging  its  glowing  crimson  tassels,  in  the  open  border, 
till  winter  destroys  it. 

The  drawing  was  made  from  specimens  communicated 
by  the  Hon.  W.  F,  Strangways  from  his  garden  in  Dorset- 
shire, in  the  end  of  last  October. 


*  Said  to  be  derived  from  K/jXeoc,  something  burnt ;  because  the  flowers  look 
as  if  scorched  and  dried  up  by  exposure  to  heat. 


flower  from  which  the  sketch  was   made  flowered    in   the 
collection  of  Earl  Fitzwilliam  at  Wentworth  House,  under 
the  care  of  Mr.  Cooper,  who  received  it  from  the  Botanic 
Garden    at   Glasgow.      Mr.   Cooper   is   one   of    the    most 
zealous  and  successful  cultivators  of  rare  plants  in  this  king- 
dom,  and  has  with  unremitting  exertion  brought  together 
the  fine  collection  of  plants  now  at  Wentworth,    by  a  liberal 
system  of  exchanging  his  superfluities  for  those  of  other  per- 
sons.    He  has  now  for  above  twenty  years  had  the  manage- 
ment of  the    Botanic   Garden  at  Wentworth,  and  few  culti- 
vators deserve  better  the  compliment  of  having  his  name 
handed  down  to  posterity,  as  engrafted  in  our  botanical  no- 
menclature.     It  seems  that  bulbs  of  this  singular  plant  flow- 
ered about  the  same  time  at  the   Botanic   Garden  at  Edin- 
burgh, and  at  Mr.  Dickson's  nursery,   bat  Mr.  Cooper  was 
at  least  one  of  the  first  who  brought  it  into  flower,  and,  as  the 
name  Drummondia  is  preoccupied,  the  genus  is  named  after 
Mr.  Cooper.     It  is  possible  that  the  plant  may  be  found  to 
endure  our  climate,   as  the  frosts  are  severe  in  Texas,  but  as 
it  pushes  its  leaves  in  the  autumn,  it  probably  grows  in  a 
temperate  situation  and  would  be  injured  by  our  winters, 
and  at  present  it  must  be  considered  as  a  greenhouse   or 
frame  plant.     It  is  nearly  allied  to  Zephyranthes.    Two  suc- 
cessive one-flowered  scapes  were  produced,  the  first  of  which 
ripened  seed  that  readily  vegetated.     The  limb  expanded 
quite  flat.    The  pollen  viewed  in  the  microscope  is  difformed 
like  that  of  Zephyranthes  Candida,  and  not  of  the  usual  more 
regular  and  oval  form  that  prevails  amongst  the  genera  allied 
to  it.     It  is  doubtful   whether  Z.  Candida,  ought  not  to  be 
generically  distinguished  by  that  and   some  other  features 
from  Zephyranthes." 

1.  The  back  of  a  petal.  2.  Ditto  of  a  sepal.  3,  Stigma.  4.  Ripe  seed* 
5.  Pollen  magnified.  7.  Inside  of  the  mouth  of  the  tube,  shewing  the 

sessile  anthers. 

Mr.  Herbert  speaks  of  another  species,  nearly  akin 
to  this,  which  has  flowered  in  the  greenhouse  at  Spoffbrth, 
equally  from  Texas.  This  plant  has  at  this  time  (beginning 
of  January,  1836)  three  leaves  nearly  a  foot  and  a  half  long, 
and  may  be  distinguished  by  the  following  name  and  cha- 
racter. 

"  Cooperia  chlorosolen  ;  foliis  sesquipedalibus,  ^  unc.  latis  tortilibus  acutis  \ari- 
dibus;  germine  sessili;  spatha  1^-unciali  tubulosa  apice  fenestrate. ;  perianthii 
tubo  4j-unciali  viridi,  limbo  1^-unc.  albo  sepalis  viridi-apiculatis  extus 
Tiridi-lineatis;  stylo  seraunciam  vel  ultra  tubo  breviore." — W.  H. 


7d'::ic 


'.««^  cy  .^'ikr./.  /d3('. 


1836 

*KAGENECKIA   crateegi folia. 

Cratcegus-leaved  Kageneckia. 


Nat.  ord.  RosACEiE,  §  Quillaji^. 

KAGENECKIA.  .F/ores  unisexuales.  Ca Z</.r  5-fidus,  lacinlis  aestivatione 
imbricatis.  Petala  5.  Stamina  marum  15,  eesdvatione  deflexa,  quorum  series 
exterior  prima  erigitur.  Discus  ceraceus  tubum  calycis  muniens.  Carpella  5, 
petalis  alterna,  tomentosa,  omnino  sejuncta,  ovulis  plurimis  liorizontalibus ;  styli 
subnulli;  stigmata  simplicia  emarginata.  FoZZicii/ilignosi,  dehiscentes ;  semi- 
nibus  samaroideis. 


K.  cratacgoides  ;  floribus  corymbosls,  foliis  oblongis  serratis  acutis,  sepalis  mar- 

gine  tomentosis  subdenticulatis. 
K.  crataegoides.     Don  in  Edinb.  Ph.  Journ.  n.  s.  10.  229. 
"  Lydaea  Lyday.     Molin.  Hist  nat.  chil.  ed.  2.  300." 


A  very  pretty  and  half-hardy  evergTeen  shrub,  native  of 
Chili,  and  flowering  in  this  country  in  June. 

I  call  it  half-hardy  because  I  have  never  yet  seen  it  cul- 
tivated in  the  open  air,  except  beneath  the  protection  of 
walls,  but  I  have  no  doubt  that  it  will  succeed  perfectly  in 
our  South-western  counties. 

The  plant  has  never  yet  been  increased  except  by  seed, 
but  it  would  doubtless  multiply  by  layers,  if  not  by  cuttings. 
Our  drawings  were  made  in  the  garden  of  the  Horticultural 
Society  in  June  last. 

Professor  Don  refers  this  genus,  Quillaia  and  Vauque- 
linia,  to  an  order  he  separates  from  Rosaceae,  under  the 
name  of  Quillajiae,  for  the  following  reasons,  "  Quillaia  and 
Kageneckia,  (he  says,)  together  with  Vauquelinia,  I  consider, 

*  Dedicated  by  the  authors  of  the  Flora  Peruviana  to  M.  de  Kageneck,  Am- 
bassador from  the  Emperor  of  Germany  to  the  King  of  Spain. 


as  constituting  a  small  family,  differing  essentially  both  from 
Rosacese  and  Spirseaceae  in  their  erect  ovules,  and  from  the 
latter  also  in  the  valvular  aestivation  of  their  calyx."  But  I 
think  there  must  be  some  inadvertence  or  typographical  error 
in  this  paragraph,  or  possibly  both  combined  ;  for  certainly 
Kageneckia  has  horizontal,  not  erect  ovules,  and  an  imbricated 
not  valvular  calyx.  I  see  no  more  difference  between  them 
and  Rosaceas  than  between  Spiraea  and  Potentilla.  The 
unisexuality  of  the  flowers  is  certainly  no  mark  of  distinc- 
tion, for  Fragaria  is  hardly  otherwise  ;  and  the  convolute 
cotyledons  of  Kageneckia  have  their  parallel  in  Chamaemeles. 


\ 


1837 

STANH(3pEA  insignis. 

Nohle  Stanhopea. 


Nat.  ord.  Orchid ace^,  §  Vande^. 
STANHOPEA. —Supra,  vol.  18.  t.  15-29. 


S.  insignis ;  labello  medio  quam  maxime  constricto,  hypochilil  subrotundi  late- 
ribuscornutis  incurvis,  epichilio  ovato  medio  depresso  cornubusduobus  baseos 
incurvis.      Gen.  et  Sp.  Orch.  157. 

Epidendrura  grandiflorum.     Humb.  S^  Bonpl.  PI.  cequinoct.  p.  94,  t.  27. 

Anguloa  grandiflora.  H.  B.  K.  nov.  gen.  §■  sp.  pi.  1.  343.  Kunth  Synops. 
1.332. 

Stanhopea  insignis.     Hooker  in  Bat.  Mag.  2948-9.  Lodd.  Bot.  Cat.  t.  1985. 

Bracteae  meinhranacece ,  spathacece,  subscariosce,  striates,  ovarii  longitu- 
dine,  ut  et  ovarium  ipstim  leviter  furfuraceoe-  Ovarium  obtuse  triquetrum, 
obclavatum,  angulis  intermediis  costatibus  minoribus.  Sepala  3  patentia, 
circiter  4  uncias  inter  suos  apices,  ovata,  carnosa,  concava,  obtusa,  ftava, 
lucida,  intus  sanguineo-guttata ;  2  lateralibus  basibus  conjiatis.  Petala 
lanceolata,  widulata,  rejiexa,  magis  lutea,  sanguineo  interrupte  fasciata. 
Labellum  carnosum,  mim  basi  columnce  non  articulatum,  a  sepalis  distinctu7n, 
basi  ventncosum,  albidiim,  atro-sanguineo  conferte  guttatum,  limbo  3-lobo, 
lobo  intermedio  subcordato- ovato  carnoso  sanguineo- guttato,  lateralibus 
falcatis  incurvis  acumiaatis  cornuformibus.  Columna  maxima,  2  uncias 
longa,  cum  ovario  continua,  basi  semiteres  sursum  alata,  apice  obtuse  triloba, 
sanguineo  densissime  guttata.  Stigma  clausum,  rostello  subulato  aeumina- 
tissimo  incumbente.  Antbera  ajnce  membranacea,  bilocularis.  Pollinia  2, 
obovata,  basi  acuminatissima,  extrorsum  Jissa.  Glandula  subrotunda,  antice 
subulata,  postice  magis  membranacea,  subbiloba  ;  caudicula  brevis  membra- 
nacea. 


The  drawing  of  this  plant  was  made  from  a  specimen  sent 
me  in  1830  by  the  late  Mr.  Cattley ;  at  that  time  it  was  a 
rarity,  and  the  specimen  was  thought  a  fine  one,  but  the  cul- 
tivation of  this  genus  has  since  become  so  much  improved 
that  still  handsomer  specimens  are  not  uncommon.  Some 
apology  may  perhaps  be  required  for  again  figuring  what  has 
been  well  represented  in  the  Botanical   Magazine  and  the 

VOL.    xxir.  D 


Botanical  Cabinet ;  but  upon  comparing  the  accom pan}/ i no- 
plate  with  those  of  Dr.  Hooker  and  Mr.  Loddiges,  I  find 
enough  to  induce  me  not  to  suppress  the  drawing  that  was 
made  for  this  work. 

Stanhopea  insignis  was  originally  found  by  Messrs.  Hum- 
boldt and  Bonpland  on  the  trunks  of  old  trees  in  shady  woods 
near  Cuen^a  in  Quito;  it  has  since  been  procured  abundantly 
from  various  districts  of  the  north-eastern  part  of  South 
America.  There  it  fixes  its  pseudo-bulbs  upon  branches, 
clinging  to  them  wath  its  numerous  creeping  roots,  and  sus- 
pending in  the  air  its  stout  zig-zag  spikes  of  fleshy  wax-like 
flowers.  The  species  grows  freely  in  a  mixture  of  coarse 
peat,  sand,  and  broken  tiles  or  potsherds,  provided  it  is 
kept  constantly  growing ;  but  it  does  not  like  to  be  periodi- 
cally dried  up  as  many  others  do.  In  order  to  see  its  curious 
blossoms  in  perfection  the  young  spikes  should  be  watched 
for,  and  as  soon  as  they  appear  they  should  be  artificially  led 
over  the  edge  of  the  pot  or  basket;  otherwise  their  tendency  to 
turn  downwards  is  so  great  that  they  are  apt  to  force  themselves 
into  the  earth  and  so  to  become  smothered. 

In  the  annexed  plate,  the  dissections  are  taken  from  a  speci- 
men, for  which  I  am  obliged  to  Lord  Fitzwilliam,  with  much 
richer  colours  than  usual ;  fig.  1 .  represents  a  lip  seen  from  the 
upper  side,  and  2.  the  same  part  viewed  from  beneath;  these 
figures  show  the  cup-shaped  base  of  this  organ,  the  spotted 
tongue  that  terminates  it,  and  the  two  long  fleshy  horns  that 
project  on  each  side  of  it. — Who  shall  imagine  the  use  that 
such  curious  parts  are  intended  for  ?  3.  and  4.  are  the  hardly 
less  curious  pollen-apparatus. 


/S3S. 


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1838 

KEiVNJEDYA  glabmta. 
Smooth-leaved  Kennedya. 


Nat.  ord.  Leguminos/E. 
KENNEDYA.— Supra,  vol.  11.  fol.  944. 


K.  glabrata  ;  foliolls  3  cuneatis  mucronatis  glabris  petiolis  caulibusque  pilosis, 
stipulis  late  ovatis  acutis,  bracteis  deciduis,  pedunculis  foliorum  longitudine 
subsexfloris. 


A  specimen  of  this  very  pretty  greenhouse  climber  was 
-communicated  to  me  by  Mr.  Knight  of  the  King's  Road,  in 
May,  1835.  It  is  a  New  Holland  plant,  probably  from  the 
South  coast,  and  very  distinct  from  all  that  have  hitherto 
been  figured. 

The  slender  wiry  hairy  stems,  broad  ovate  sharp-pointed 
stipules,  and  smooth  leaves,  with  wedge-shaped  leaflets, 
which  are  shining  and  almost  entirely  destitute  of  hairiness, 
sufficiently  mark  the  species. 

A  hardy  greenhouse  shrub,  propagated  by  cuttings. 

None  of  the  Kennedyas  which  I  have  yet  seen  have  so 
clear  and  bright  a  scarlet  as  this;  and  the  efl'ect  of  the  colour, 
brilliant  as  it  is,  is  much  set  off  by  the  green  spot  bordered 
with  deep  brown,  at  the  base  of  the  standard. 


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1839 

*  TRISTANIA  macrophylla. 

Large-leaved  Tristania. 


Nat.  ord.  Myktace.e. 

TRISTANIA,  R.  Br.  Calyx  5-fidus,  persistens,  tubo  turbinato.  Pe- 
tala  5.  Staminum  phalanges  5  petalis  opposite  iisdem  vix  longiores.  Antherce 
incumbentes.      Capsula  3-locularis,  polysperma,  semierecta  v.  inclusa.     Semina 

aptera. i^nt^zces  australasici.     Folia  lanceolata.     jFZores  peduiiculati  subco- 

rymbosi.     D.  C.  Prodr.  3.  210. 


T.  macrophylla  ;  arborea,  foliis  oblongo-lanceolatis  acutis  subverticIUatis,  ra- 
mulis  calycibusq.  pubescentibus,  phalangibus  polyandris,  capsula  oranino 
infra. 

T.  macrophylla.     All.  Cun7i.  MSS. 

Arhor  procerus,  rainulis  levissime  puhescentihiis  cito  calvis.  Folia  5-6-p. 
longa,  coriacea,  ovato-lanceolata,  acuta,  petiolata,  puncds  pellucidis  cojifer- 
tissimis.  Floras  ex  axillis  foliorum  decessorum,  ternati,  breviter  pedicelluti 
in  apice  pedunculi  puhescentis  ancipitis ;  nunc  abortu  lateralium  solilarii. 
Calyx  pubesce7is  ;  laciniis  5,  brevibus,  ovatis,  acutis.  Petala  5,  unguiculuta, 
concava, patentid.  Phalanges  staminvim  polyandrcB,  lineares,  petalorum  lon- 
gitudine.  Capsula  oninino  infera,  semitrilocularis,  virtice  truncato  dehiscens 
polyspermo. 


Drawn  in  August,  1835,  from  specimens  communicated  by 
Richard  Harrison,  Esq.  of  Liverpool,  who  received  it  some 
years  since  under  the  name  of  Tr.  lawina.  The  plant  had 
been  constantly  kept  in  the  Greenhouse,  where  it  had  gained 
the  height  of  four  feet,  losing  the  exterior  of  its  bark  like 
Arbutus  Andrachne. 


*  From  TpiiQ  three,  and  larapat  or  karavai  to  stand ;  in  allusion,  as  we  pre- 
sume, to  the  ternate  disposition  of  the  flowers  and  their  stalks  ;  the  three-forked 
inflorescence  of  this  doubtless  very  distinct  genus  being  strikingly  different  from 
all  to  which  it  is  nearly  allied  in  the  parts  of  fructification. — Smith. 


Its  flowers  usually  appear  in  threes;  but  in  Mr.  Harrison^s 
specimens  they  were  solitary ;  in  other  respects  they  quite 
agreed  with  a  wild  specimen  collected  by  Mr.  Allan  Cun- 
ningham and  given  me  by  Dr.  Hooker. 

To  Mr.  Cunningham  I  am  indebted  for  the  following 
information  respecting  this  species,  and  for  specimens  of 
it  and  the  undermentioned,  which  were  long  since  collected 
by  him  in  his  various  expeditions  of  discovery  in  New 
Holland. 

"  T.  macrophylla  is  a  tree  50-60  feet  high,  affording,  by  means  of 
its  ample  foliage,  a  pleasant,  agreeable  shade,  on  the  sandy  southern 
shores  of  Moreton  Bay,  New  South  Wales  (Lat.  27°.  30'.  s.)  where  it 
was  first  observed,  bearing  flowers  and  fruit,  in  Sept.  1824.  It  is 
nearly  allied  to  T.  conferta,  R.  Br.  but  the  segments  of  the  calyx  are 
smaller." 

T.  snaveolens  ;  arborea,  foliis  oblongo-lanceolatis  alternis  glabris, 
petiolis  calycibusque  pubescentibus,  laciniis  calycis  ovatis  brevibus 
acutis,  phalangibus  polyandris. 

"  T.  suaveolens  Smith  in  Rees — Melaleuca  suaveolens  Goertn. 

"  A  tree  of  irregular  growth  15-20  feet  high,  frequent  in  damp 
rocky  places,  margins  of  gullies,  &;c. ;  Endeavour  River,  1770,  Sir 
Jos.  Banks ;  July  1829,  N.  E.  Coast,  New  South  Wales,  A.  C." 

T.  umbrosa,  A.  C. ;  arborea,  foliis  oblongis  mucronatis  oppositis  gla- 
berrimis  opacis,  fructibus  globosis  superis  glaberrimis. 

"  Twenty-five  to  thirty  feet  high,  in  dark  shady  woods,  on  the 
shores  of  York  Sound,  N.  W.  Coast  of  Australia,  16th  Sept.  1820  ; 
third  Voyage  of  H.  M.  Cutter  Mermaid,  Capt.  King.    Rare." 

T.  depressa,  A.  C.  (D.  C.  prodr.  3.  210);  glaberrima,  caule  fru- 
ticopo,  foliis  subverticillatis  angusto-oblongis,  fructibus  solitariis  om- 
nino  inferis. 

"  A  low  shrubby  plant,  on  barren,  stony  hills  ;  islands  of  Repulse 
Bay  of  Cook,  I'^e^f  South  Wales,  tropic  (Lat.  20°.  35'.  sj  June  8,, 
1829," 


T.  alhens  (D.  C.  prodr.3.  210)  ;  arborea,  foliis  oblongis  subundu- 
latis  ciliatis  subtus  pallidis  oppositis,  petiolis  ramulisque  tomentosis, 
fructibus  capitatis  coadunatis  inferis  pedunculisque  tomentosis. 

"  Turpentine  tree  of  the  Colonists.  A  tree  60-80  feet  high;  in 
shady  situations.  New  South  Wales." 

T.  psidioides,  A.  C. ;  arborea,  foliis  obovato-oblongis  obtusis  mucro- 
natis  alternis  subtus  albo-tomentosis,  ramulis  pedunculis  fructibusque 
superis  albo-tonientosis. 

'*  A  tree  of  slender  habit,  forming  brushes  in  ravines  falling  into 
the  Regent's  River,  Brunswick  Bay,  N.  W.  Coast,  Australia  (Lat. 
15*^4.  s.  Long.  124".  45'.  e.)  10th  Oct.  1820;  Mermaid's  second 
Voyage." 

T.  salicina,  A.  C. ;  arbuscula,  foliis  lineari-lanceolatis  acuminatis 
subdentatis  conferte  verruculosis  alternis  ramulisque  angulatis  glabris, 
floribus  laxe  corymbosis,  calycibus  superis  glabris. 

"  A  slender  tree,  12-15  feet  high,  in  shaded  ravines,  Spring- 
wood,  Blue  Mountains.     Sept.  1822." 


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1840 

CENOTHERA  seiotina. 
Late-fiowering  Evening  Primrose. 


Nat.  Old.  Onagrace^. 

(E NO THERA.— Supra,  vol.  2.  fol.  147. 


CE.  serotina,  caule  ascendente,  internodiis  subsequalibus,  foliis  lineari-lanceolatis 
subdentatis  pubescentibus,  capsulis  pedicellatis  obovatis  tetrapteris  pube- 
scentibus. 

CE.  serotina.     Sweet  Fl.  G.   I.  ser.  2.  184. 


According  to  Sweet  this  plant  was  sent  under  the  present 
name  by  Mr.  Nuttall  to  the  Liverpool  Garden  ;  I  do  not, 
however,  find  it  noticed  by  the  latter  Botanist,  nor  is  it  men- 
tioned, as  far  as  I  can  discover,  by  any  writer  on  the  plants 
of  North  America.  It  is  probably  considered,  and  perhaps 
with  reason,  a  mere  variety  of  CE.fruticosa,  from  which  it 
differs  more  in  habit  than  in  any  very  precise  characters. 
Its  leaves  are  narrower  and  longer,  its  stem  much  less  erect, 
and  the  leaves  and  inflorescence  are  not  separated  from  each 
other  by  a  considerable  interval,  as  is  usually  the  case  in 
(E.  fruticosa.  The  period  of  flowering  of  (E.  serotina  is 
later,  extending  into  November. 

In  size  the  flowers  are  variable.  Usually  they  are  as  is 
here  represented,  seldom  so  large  as  in  the  figure  in  Sweet's 
Flower  Garden. 

It  is  a  hardy  perennial,  growing  best  in  a  moist,  but  well 
drained  American  border  ;  but  not  refusing  cultivation  even  in 
common  garden  soil.  The  late  period  to  which  its  flowering- 
is  protracted  renders  it  an  acceptable  species. 


NOTE  UPON  FOL.  1829. 


Mr.  Lambert  has  satisfied  me  that  the  seeds  from  which  his  plants 
of  CE.  concinna  were  raised,  were  really  obtained  from  Chilian 
specimens,  collected  by  Mr.  Cuming.     The  species  must,  however,  be 


of  very  rare  occurrence,  for  no  notice  is  taken  of  it  in  Messrs. 
Hooker  and  Ai-nott's  valuable  catalogue  of  Chilian  plants,  nor  do  I 
see  for  what  species  those  authors,  who  I  presume  must  have  had  all 
Mr.  Cuming's  collection,  could  have  mistaken  it.  The  only  new 
species  they  mention  is  (E.  mendocinensis,  which  was  not  found  by 
Ml-.  Cuming,  and  which  seems  from  the  description  to  be  a  very  dif- 
ferent plant.  It  is  no  doubt  improbable  that  the  same  species  should 
be  found  in  Chile  and  in  Florida,  but  I  am  still  at  a  loss  to  discover 
the  difference  between  (E.  concinna  and  CE.  humifusa. 

With  regard  to  the  observations  I  felt  called  upon  to  make  upon 
the  absurdity  and  mischievousness  of  the  endless  changes  of  names 
introduced  into  Botany  by  some  Botanical  writers,  I  cannot  but  feel 
upon  consideration  that  it  was  wrong  in  me  to  assign  particular  motives 
to  Mr.  Spach  for  his  proceedings,  however  much  1  might  be  disposed 
to  ridicule  or  condemn  them.  As  it  is  not  my  nature  to  be  either 
uncharitable  or  unjust,  I  do  not  scruple  to  take  this  opportunity  of 
recalling  that  part  of  the  remarks,  in  which  I  assigned  Mr.  Spach 
a  place  in  the  school  of  Schreber;  but  in  stating  this  I  by  no  means 
wish  to  be  understood  as  withdrawing  one  word  of  the  remainder  of 
the  criticism.  On  the  contrary  I  regard  such  a  case  as  that  which 
elicited  my  animadversions  to  be  one  of  those  which  there  is  no  hope 
of  curing  without  the  application  of  the  actual  cautery. 


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1841 

CORYANTHES  macrantha. 

Large-flowered  Coryanthes. 


Nat.  ord.  OncHiDACEiE,  §  Yandex, 
CORYANTHES.— Supra,  vol.  2\.  t.  1793. 


C.  macrantha;     foliis    angusto-lanceolatis,    pseudo-bulbis    ovato-conlcis    alte 

sulcatis,  labello  utrinque  quater  plicato :  plicis  deflexis. 
Gongora  macrantha.  Hooker  Bat.  Misc.  2.  p.  151.  t.  SO. 
Coryanthes  macrantha.     Hooker  in  Bat.  Mag.fol.  3102  in  textu.    Gen.  8f  Sp. 

of  Orchideous  PI.  159. 


Accustomed  as  we  are  now  become  to  strange  forms  among 
Orchideous  plants,  I  doubt  whether  any  species.has  yet  been 
seen  more  remarkable  for  its  unusual  characters  than  that 
now  represented. 

It  was  first  figured  by  Dr.  Hooker  in  the  Botanical  Mis- 
cellany, from  a  specimen  in  spirits  sent  him  from  the  Caraccas 
by  Mr.  Lockhart.  When  the  plant  blossomed  in  Trinidad, 
the  flowers  appeared  so  extraordinary  to  those  who  saw  them 
that  the  visitors  to  the  Botanic  Garden  supposed  them  to  be 
artificial.  It  has,  however,  lately  flowered  in  the  collection 
of  Mr.  Knight  in  the  King's  Road;  and  it  proves  to  be  in  all 
respects  the  same  as  the  specimen  sent  to  Dr.  Hooker. 

The  plant  has  the  habit  of  a  Stanhopea,  or  a  Gongora ; 
and  pushes  forth  from  the  base  of  its  pseudo-bulbs  a  pendulous 
scape,  on  which  two  or  three  flowers  are  developed.  Each 
flower  is  placed  at  the  end  of  a  long  stiff"  cylindrical  furrowed 
ovary,  and  when  expanded,  measures  something  more  than 
6  inches  from  the  tip  of  one  sepal  to  that  of  the  opposite  one. 
In  colour  the  sepals  are  an  ochrey  yellow,  spotted  irregularly 
with  dull  purple;  they  have  a  most  delicate  texture;  the  upper 
sepal  falls  back  from  the  tip  of  the  ovary,  is  narrow  and  not 
above  one  half  the  length  of  the  two  lateral  ones,  which,  instead 


of  applying  themselves  to  the  lip  as  is  usually  the  case,  turn 
directly  away  from  it,  placing  themselves  at  an  acute  angle 
with  the  upper  sepal,  and  after  a  while  collapsing  at  their 
sides  till  they  look  something  like  bats'  wings  half  at  rest. 
The  petals,  which  are  narrowly  lanceolate,  very  weak  and 
much  curved  at  the  edge,  have  the  same  colour  and  texture 
as  the  sepals  nearly,  and  are  intermediate  in  length  between 
the  upper  one  and  those  at  the  side;  they  hang  nearly  parallel 
with  the  column,  but  are  so  placed  as  to  conceal  in  no  degree 
the  lip ;  nature  taking  most  especial  care  to  exhibit  this 
strange  part  in  the  most  conspicuous  manner.  The  lip  is  as 
fleshy  and  solid  in  its  texture  as  the  sepals  and  petals  are  de- 
licate; it  is  seated  on  a  deep  purple  stalk,  nearly  an  inch  long, 
and  forming  an  obtuse  angle  with  the  column,  and  conse- 
quently an  acute  one  with  the  ovary  ;  this  stalk  terminates  in 
a  hemispherical  greenish-purple  cup,  or  rather  cap  consi- 
dering its  position,  and  the  latter,  contracting  at  its  front  edge, 
extends  forward  into  a  sort  of  second  stalk  of  a  very  vivid 
blood  colour,  the  sides  of  which  are  thinner  than  the  centre, 
turned  back,  and  marked  with  4  or  5  very  deep  solid  sharp- 
edged  plaits.  These  plaited  edges  again  expand  and  form  a 
second  cup,  less  lobed  than  the  first,  thinning  away  very  much 
to  the  edges,  of  a  broadly  conical  figure,  with  a  diameter  of 
at  least  two  inches  at  the  orifice  ;  this  second  cup  is  of  an 
ochrey  yellow,  streaked  and  spotted  with  pale  crimson,  and 
seems  intended  to  catch  a  watery  secretion  which  drips  into 
it  from  two  succulent  horns  which  take  their  origin  in  the  base 
of  the  column,  and  hang  over  the  centre  of  the  cup. 

Of  course  this  species  will  require  the  heat  of  a  damp 
stove. 


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1842 

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LOBELIA  decurrens. 

Winged-stemmed  Lobelia. 


Nat.  Ord.   LOBELIACE^. 

LOBELIA.— Supra,  vol  1.  fol.  60. 


L.  decurrens ;  foliis  ovato-lanceolatis  decarrentibus  confertis  duplicato-serratis 
glabris,  floribvis  axillaribus  breviter  pedunculatis,  calycis  villosi  laciniis 
lanceolatis  inciso-serratis,  corollsD  laciniis  apice  pilosis.  Spreng.  syst.  \. 
712.  Sweet.  Brit.Fl.  G.  n.  s.  1.  86. 

L.  decurrens.      Cav.  ic.  6.  13.  t.  521.  Rom.  Sf  Schult.  syst.  5.  42. 

Perennis.  Caulis  erectus,  parum  ramosus,  de?isissime  foliosus,  l-pedalis, 
glaber,  hasihus  folioruvi  decurrentibus  alatus.  Folia  glabra,  radicalia 
obovato-lanceolata,  duplicato  et  mcequaliter  dentata ;  caulina  sessilia, 
lanceolata,  internodiis  3-plo  longiora,  duplicato-dentata,  deniibus  omnibiis 
acuminatis.  Floras  ad  Jastigium  caulis,  axillares,  breviter  pedunculati ; 
calycihus  pedunculisque  villosis.  Calyx  superus,  hemisphcericus,  laciniis 
foliaceis  lineari-lanceolatis  pinnatijido-jimbriatis.  Corolla  pallide  coerulea, 
rectiuscula,  limbo  erecto,  5-lobo  extus  pubesceute,  lobis  anterioribus  subcon- 
nalis,  dorso  Jissa.  Tubus  staminum  Jiliformis,  glaber,  antheris  omnino 
connatis  glaberrimis.  Stigma  bilobum  extus  annulo  obscure  pilorum  cir- 
cumdatum. 


Introduced  some  years  since  from  Chile,  but  not  frequently 
seen  in  collections.  It  is  probably  destroyed  very  often  by 
our  winters,  which  the  plant,  although  perfectly  hardy 
during  the  summer,   is  unable  of  bearing  without  protection. 

It  is  a  handsome  perennial,  growing  vigorously  in  a 
moist  partially  shaded  peat  border,  and  increased  without 
much  difficulty  by  cuttings.  It  flowers  in  June,  July,  and 
August.  Our  drawing  was  made  in  the  Garden  of  the  Horti- 
cultural Society. 

Like  the  rest  of  its  genus,  this  has  an  exceedingly  acrid 
milky  juice,  which  renders  it  dangerous  to  those  who  handle 
it  incautiously. 


■  Hva^  /C>l^  Jtc 


1843 

ALSTROEMERIA  aurantiaca. 

Orange-fiowered  Alstrcemeria. 


Nat.  ord.  Amaryllidace^,  §  1.  Caulescentes.  Subordo  1.  Opercu- 
losae,  Hypoxidese,  (operculo  ovarii  prominente)  Herbert,  MS. 

ALSTRCEMERIA.  German  ovulis  suberectis  non  imbricantibus, 6-cos- 
tatum,  superne  1 2-angulare  apiculo  trilobo  (lobis  costas  sepalinas  respicientibus). 
Perianthium  sexpartitum  laciniis  quater  disparibus  apice  reflexis  pctalis  duobus 
erectis  imo  porrecto  :  filamenta  recurvata,  germini  inserta,  laciniarum  basi  vix 
adnata,  petalina  basi  acut6  ovali  sepalina  seraicirculari  capsulam  signantia.  Cap- 
sula  acuminate  operculata  sexcostata  valvulis  crustaceis  septigeris  dissilientibus, 
axe  ab  ima  parte  trifariam  disrupto,  costarum  dimidio  inseparabiliter  pedunculo 
adha?rente ;  semina  subrotunda  testa  tuberculata  difficulter  separabili,  hilo  Isevi, 

chalaza  circulari,  endopleura  ab  albumine  corneo  inseparabili. Plantce  Occi- 

dentales  caule  {quoad  novi)  erecto  folioso  vel  squammato,  pedunculis  brac- 
teatis,  l-5-(pluri?)JIoris.     Herbert,  MSS. 


A.  aurantiaca;  erecta,  foliis  lanceolatis  obtusis  glabris  obsolete  denticulatis, 
perianthii  foliolis  integerrimis  :  interioribus  lanceolatis  acuminatis  erectis. 
Don  in  Sweet  Fl.  Gard.  2  ser.  3.  205.   t.  208. 

?  A.  aurea.     Graham  in  Jamiesons  Journal,  July.   1833. 


The  drawing  of  this  plant  was  made  in  the  Nursery  of 
Messrs.  Low  and  Co.  of  Clapton,  in  June  1833.  It  is  a  very 
handsome  species,  and  with  a  little  protection  from  wet  during 
winter  will  live  very  well  in  the  open  ground. 

For  the  following  observations  upon  it  I  am  indebted  to 
the  Honourable  and  Rev.  W.  Herbert. 

"  Alstrcemeria  aurantiaca  has  the  flower  stem  with  smooth 
leaves,  persistent,  and  green  for  months  after  the  seed  is  ripe 
and  shed,  and  even  the  long  leaf-like  bractes  on  the  peduncles 
remain  till  winter.  A.  pulchella,  Bot.  Mag.  (erroneously  so 
named,  and  apparently  hsemantha  of  Flor.  Peruv.)  has  the 
leaves  ciliated,  the  stems  shorter,  the  bractes  less,  and  the 
whole  perishable  almost  before  the  seed  is  ripe;  the  tubers 
lying  dormant  more  than  half  the  year,  and  sprouting  slowly 


in  the  spring.  Aurantiaca  never  dies  away  entirely,  unless 
perhaps  if  cut  by  severe  frosts,  but  sends  up  fresh  stems. 
The  capsule  of  aurantiaca  is  much  less  acutely  pointed  and 
prolonged;  its  peduncles  fewer  flowered,  less  erect,  and  not 
so  long.  The  peduncles  of  aurantiaca  in  the  border  at 
Spofforth  are  4-inched  and  3-flowered  on  a  stem  a  yard  high; 
those  of  the  plant  called  pulchella,  9-inched  and  5-flowered 
on  a  stem  12  or  13  inches  high.  The  seed  of  aurantiaca  is 
very  pale  chesnut-coloured,  the  chalaza  rather  elevated  and 
a  little  tuberculated ;  those  of  the  other  plant  of  a  much 
deeper  chesnut,  the  tubercles  which  cover  them  fewer  and 
harsher,  the  chalaza  flatter  and  smoother,  the  hilum  shorter, 
more  distinctly  marked  and  whiter. 

"Bomarea,  amongst  other  diflTerences  from  Alstrcemeria, 
has  the  ovules  cumulate  and  a  little  imbricating,  the  capsule 
coriaceous,  not  opening  from  the  base  and  dissilient,  but 
widely  dehiscent  at  the  top,  persistent  and  thrown  back;  the 
seeds  not  ejected  by  disruption  of  the  capsule,  but  adhesive, 
covered  with  a  soft  pulpy  coat.  In  all  the  known  species  the 
stem  is  twining,  and  so  far  as  I  can  ascertain,  the  style 
tripartible. 

"  Sphserine  (mihi)  has  the  capsule  indehiscent,  the  seed- 
coat  pulpy,  but  less  so  than  Bomarea,  the  stem  tapering, 
flexuous,  but  not  twining. 

"  Collania  (mihi)  has  the  stem  rigid,  the  umbel  nodding, 
the  leaves  rigid,  the  flowers  few,  with  a  close  tubular  appear- 
ance, gibbous  at  the  base,  the  germen  smaller  than  the  base 
of  the  flower,  ribbed,  turbinate,  the  fruit  not  known. 

"  That  the  lobes  on  the  point  of  the  capsule  in  Alstrcemeria, 
which  are  the  bases  of  the  three  consolidated  styles,  and  cor- 
respond with  the  three  angles  or  lobes  of  the  stigma,  are 
opposite  the  ribs  of  the  sepals,  belongs  in  truth  to  the  obser- 
vations on  the  character  of  the  order  and  not  of  the  genus. 
An  amended  generic  character  of  the  order  will  be  attempted 
in  the  revision  of  Amar\dlidace8e,  preparing  for  the  press." 

W.  H. 


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1844 

*  ANGRtECUM  caudatum. 
Long-tailed  Angrcecum. 


Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Vande^. 
JNGR^ CUM.— Supra,  vol.  18.  fol.  1522. 


A.  caudatum;  foliis  loratis  canaliculatis  emarglnatis,  spica  radical!  penduld 
flexuosa  4-flora,  labello  obovato  rostrato  serrulate,  calcare  longissimo  apice 
bilobo. 

Epiphyta  radices  crassas  simplices  nebulosas  promens-  Caulis  simplex, 
brevis,  foliis  loratis  canaliculatis  apice  fissis  6  j)oll.  longis,  distiche  imbrica- 
tis.  Spica  pedalis,  ex  axilla  imorum  foliorum  pendula  ;  pedunculo  gracili, 
atroviridi,  ad  nodes  tumido ;  rachi  Jiexuosa,  internodiis  circiter  2  poll, 
longis.  Ovarium  sessile,  fusco-maculatum,  hasi  tortum.  Sepala  et  petala 
explanata,  lineari-lanceolata,  acuminata,  herbacea,  cequalia,  basi  fulva, 
fere  2  poll,  longa.  Labellum  ejusdem  longitiidinis,  album,  petaloideum, 
serrulatum,  cuneatum  angulis  rotundatis  v.  potius  obovatum,  apice  mn- 
crone  longo  viridi  rostratum,  imd  basi  involutum  et  denticulatum,  in 
calcar  productum  9  poll,  longum,  fulvum,  subulatum  apice  (Jig.  3.) 
obtusum  et  bilobum.  Columna  fulvo-viridis,  brevis,  erecta,  basi  (^Jig.  1.) 
crassior  et  angulata,  sursum  attenuata  et  marginata,  gynizo  piano  fulvo, 
rostello  subulato  gynizo  longiore.  Pollinia  2,  postice  paulb  sulcata,  in  cau- 
diculam  longam  cuneatam  sessilia. 


A  most  remarkable  new  species  of  Angrsecum,  imported 
from  Sierra  Leone  by  the  Messrs.  Loddiges,  in  whose  collec- 
tion the  accompanying  drawing  was  made  in  August  last. 
At  present  it  is  exceedingly  rare,  and  is  likely  to  remain  so ; 
for  it  seems  to  be  one  of  the  most  difficult  of  the  tribe  to 
manage  successfully.  In  the  Nursery  at  Hackney  it  is 
attached  to  a  piece,  of  wood  suspended  from  the  roof  of  the 
stove  for  epiphytes. 


*  See  folio  1522. 
VOL.    XXII. 


The  most  curious  point  of  structure  in  this  species  is  the 
unusual  length  of  its  spur,  which  measures  nine  inches  from 
its  base  to  its  two-lobed  apex.  The  only  parallels  to  this 
among  all  the  Orchideous  plants  I  am  acquainted  with  are 
those  of  Hahenaria  longicauda  figured  in  the  Botanical  Maga- 
zine, t.  2957,  and  of  Ayigrcecum  sesquipedale  of  Du  Petit 
Thouars's  Mascaren  Orchidese,  t.  66  and  67.  For  what  wise 
purpose  these  extraordinary  appendages  may  have  been 
destined  by  nature,  we  may  well  be  unable  to  imagine.  It 
would  seem  that  they  must  be  added  to  the  vast  list  of  objects 
which,  to  our  confined  apprehension,  appear  merely  intended 
to  exhibit  the  endless  diversity  of  power  of  the  Creator. 


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1845 

=*  KENNEDYA  Stirlingi. 
Sir  James  Stirling's  Kennedy  a. 


Nat.  ord.  Leguminos^,  or  pABACEiE. 
KENNEDYA.— Snprci,  vol.  W.fol.  944. 


K.  Stirlingi ;  foliolis  tribus  subrotundo-ovatis  mucronulatis  glabrlusculls,  pe- 
tiolis  caulibusque  pilosis,  stipulis  late  ovatis  acutis,  bracteis  fasciculatis,  v. 
verticillatis  nunc  trUobis  nunc  in  involucrum  conniventibus,  floribus  gemi- 
nis,  calycibus  pedunculisque  pilosis. 


A  graceful  greenhouse  trailing  plant,  native  of  the  Swan 
River.  It  was  raised  by  Robert  Mangles,  Esq.  of  Whitmore 
Lodge,  from  seeds  given  to  him  by  Sir  James  Stirling,  the 
Governor  of  the  Colony,  in  compliment  to  whom  it  has  been 
named. 

Its  thin  broad  pale  green  leaves,  fringed  with  long  weak 
hairs,  and  its  twin  scarlet  flowers  sufficiently  characterise  this 
species,  which  moreover  is  botanically  remarkable  for  having 
its  bracts  collected  into  a  whorl,  or  even  grown  together 
into  a  little  involucre. 

Flowers  in  April,  and  no  doubt  easily  propagated  by 
cuttings. 


*   See  folio  1421, 


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1846 

*  CRATiEGUS  microcarpa. 

Small-fruited  Thorn. 


Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  §  Pome^. 
CRAT^GUS.— Supra,  vol.  13.  fol.  1128. 


microcarpa ;  subspinosa,  foliis  fasciculatis  longe  cuneatis  3-fidis  lobatisque 
crenatis  glabris  nitidis,  corymbis  multifloris,  calycibus  glabris  laciniis  ovatis 
integerriinis,  pomis  ovato-subrotundis  glabris  5-loculaiibu3,  putamine  tenui. 

spathulata.  Elliott  Fl.  S.  Carol.  1.  552.  Loudon's  Arbor.  Brit.  t.3\.  k. 
non  Mich,  nee  Pursh. 


Fe^  hardy  plants  are  more  deserving  of  general  admi- 
ration for  the  neatness  of  their  foliage,  the  diversity  of  their 
manner  of  growing,  the  beauty  of  their  flowers  in  the  spring, 
or  the  gay  appearance  of.  their  numerous  richly  coloured 
haws  in  the  autumn,  than  the  various  species  of  the  genus 
Crataegus.  And  yet  they  are  little  known,  except  to  the 
curious  collector,  they  are  not  very  frequently  seen  in  gar- 
dens, if  we  except  a  few  varieties  of  the  common  Hawthorn, 
and  Botanists  themselves  have  paid  them  but  little  attention. 
I,  therefore,  propose  to  avail  myself  of  the  circulation  of 
this  work  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  the  subject  into  more 
notice,  and  of  shewing  how  very  well  deserving  the  species 
of  Crataegus  are  of  general  cultivation  ;  but  as  they  are  very 
much  alike  in  flower,  and  as  their  strongest  claims  to  be  con- 
sidered ornamental  plants  arise  from  the  beauty  of  their 
leaves  and  fruit,  it  is  in  the  latter  state  that  they  will 
generally  be  represented. 

*  See  Mo  1161. 


C.  microcarpa  is,  according  to  Elliott,  a  native  of  the  upper 
districts  of  Georgia  and  Carolina ;  in  Colombia  connty, 
Georgia,  common,  growing  to  a  small  tree,  from  twelve  to 
fifteen  feet  high.  It  was  also  collected  in  an  unusually  spiny 
state  by  Mr.  Drummond  in  the  province  of  Texas. 

Elliott  confounds  it  with  Cr.  spathulata,  which,  as  de- 
scribed by  Michaux  and  Pursh,  must  be  a  different  species 
in  the  way  of  Cr.  pai'vifolia,  and  allied  to  the  C.  virginiana 
of  the  English  nurseries. 

In  this  country  Cr.  microcarpa  is  a  small  tree  with  slen- 
der, smooth,  drooping  branches,  and  something  of  the  habit 
of  the  Whitethorn.  Its  leaves  have  a  very  handsome  ap- 
pearance, and  are  remarkably  shining  and  deep  green ; 
they  usually  grow  in  clusters,  have  a  long  stalk,  tapering  up- 
wards into  a  blade  which  is  sometimes  nearly  entire,  with 
only  a  tooth  or  two  at  the  end,  sometimes  they  are  three- 
lobed  with  crenated  segments,  and  occasionally  they  are 
deeply  three-parted ;  their  form  is  always  more  or  less  spa- 
thulate.  The  stipules  of  the  more  vigorous  branches  are 
large  and  leafy.  The  flowers  are  white  and  appear  in  May, 
or  the  beginning  of  June,  at  the  same  time  with  those  of 
Cr.  cordata,  and  later  than  most  others.  The  fruit  is  rather 
abundant,  but  small,  and,  although  bright  red,  does  not 
make  much  show  upon  the  branches.  The  sides  of  the 
stones  of  the  fruit  are  unusually  thin  for  a  Crataegus. 

Our  drawing  was  made  in  the  Garden  of  the  Horticul- 
tural Society. 


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J^.<i>^a£j.  JJ 


1847 

*  CRATjioUS  heterophylla. 
Various- leaved  Hawthorn. 


Nat.  ord.   Rosace^e,  §  Pome^. 
CRATAEGUS. -Supra,  vol.  13.  fol.  1128. 


C.  heterophylla;  foliis  lucidis  tarde  deciduis  lanceolatis  cuneatis  apice  dentatis 
trifidis  pinnatifidisque  laciniis  serratis,  tubo  calycis  fusiformi,  cymis  multi- 
floris,  floribus  monogynis,  fructibus  ovatis  monopyrenis  putamine  osseo, 
stipulis  maximis  pinnatifidis. 

C.  heterophylla.     Suprd,  vol.  14.  fol.  1161. 


In  the  fourteenth  volume  of  this  work,  at  fol.  1161,  this 
species  is  represented  in  its  flowering  state,  and  some  ac- 
count is  given  of  its  synonyms  and  general  structure.  In 
that  account,  however,  it  is  necessary  to  observe  that  the 
fruit  is  erroneously  described  as  black. 

The  accompanying  plate  will  give  an  idea  of  its  appear- 
ance when  in  fruit. 

The  tree,  whence  the  drawing  was  taken,  in  the  Garden 
of  the  Horticultural  Society,  is  one  of  the  handsomest  in 
that  very  extensive  collection  of  hardy  trees  and  shrubs. 
It  forms  a  dense  pyramidal  head,  leats  among  the  first  of 
the  genus,  and  is  soon  covered  with  a  mantle  of  snow-white 
blossoms.  After  the  latter  have  fallen  away  the  leaves 
become  fully  developed,  and  from  their  shining  surface, 
neat  figure,  and  firmness  of  texture,  render  the  tree  still  a 
beautiful  object.  Finally,  the  rich  crimson  of  the  numerous 
haws  which  adorn  the  branches  in  the  last  days  of  autumn, 
harmonizes  l)eautifully  with  the  fading  verdure  of  the  leaves. 

*  See  fol.  1161. 


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1848 

*  MAXILLA RI A  rutescens. 

Brownish  MaxiUaria. 


Nat.  Old.   ORCHIDACEyE,  §  VaNDEjE. 

MAXILLARIA.—Suprd,  vol.  11.  fol.  897. 


M.  rufescens ;  pseudobulbis  ovatis  subtetragonis  monophyllis,  fdliis  lanceolatis 
utrinque  acuminatls,  scapis  unifloris  (prostratis)  vagiuis  distantibus,  sepalis 
petalisque  oblongis  conformibus  obtusis,  labello  oblongo  triJobo  etubercu- 
lato  laciniis  lateralibus  minimis  acutis  intermedia  elongata  emarginata. 
Supra,  fol.  18U2.irt  textu. 


A  native  of  Trinidad,  whence  it  was  imported  by  Mr.  Lowe 
of  Clapton.  It  first  flowered  at  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devon- 
shire's at  ChatSM^orth,  in  December  1834,  whence  I  was 
favoured  with  a  sketch ;  since  that  time  it  has  appeared  in 
many  other  collections. 

It  requires  the  usual  management  of  a  hot  damp  stove, 
in  which  it  grows  freely. 

By  no  means  one  of  the  prettiest  of  the  genus,  nevertheless 
its  yellow  labellum  richly  spotted  with  crimson,  is  a  beautiful 
object  when  closely  examined. 

This  species  also  occurs  in  gardens  under  the  name  of 
M.  fucata. 


*  See  folio  1428. 


M^p. 


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1849 

*GOD]ETIA  lepida. 

Smart  Godetia. 


Nat.  ord   Onagrace^. 

GODETIA  Spach.     Omnia  CEnotherae  salvis  seminibus   angulatis  quels 

comae  rudimentum   adest  marginls  dentatse  forma  chalazam    circumdantis. 

Omnes  annuce,  floribus  rubicundis  v,  purpurascentibus,  nunquam  xanthinis. 


G.  lepida ;  erecta,  foliis  ovato-lanceolatis  integerrimis,  petalis  subrhombeis  ob- 
tusis  denticulatis,  staminibus  petalis  triplo  brevioribus  alternis  brevioribus, 
capsulis  sessilibus  ovato-oblongis  villosis. 

Ayinua,  pedalis  et  sesquipedalis,  caule  stricto  ramoso  pilis  brevibus 
adpressis  leviter  pubescente.  Folia  ovato-lanceolata,  integerrima,  subpilosa, 
Jloribus  cequalia  v.  paulh  longiora.  Sepala  acuminata,  reflexa,  villosa, 
ovario  parum  breviora,  tubo  brevissimo.  Petala  subrotunda  in  rhomboideam 
formam  abeuntia,  apice  denticulata,  pallide  purpurascentia,  maculd  vinoso- 
purjmrea.  cuneatd  in  medio  apicis.  Stamina  alterna  breviora,  antheris  pur- 
pureis  apice  fulvis  ;  petalis  triplo  breviora.  Capsula  sessilis,  ovaio-oblongay 
pilis  sessilibus  albidis  villosa.  Semina  fusca,  depressa,  angulata,  cunei- 
formia,  chalazd  marginatd  denticulatd. 


A  pretty  new  annual,  found  in  California  by  Mr.  Douglas. 
It  was  raised  in  the  Garden  of  the  Horticultural  Society  in 
July  1835.  In  some  respects,  especially  in  the  spots  on  its 
petals,  it  resembles  Godetia  (CEnothera)  quadrivulnera,  but  is 
more  handsome  than  that  species  ;  in  reality  it  is  most 
nearly  allied  to  Godetia  (CEnothera)  decumbens,  already 
figured  at  t.  1221  of  this  work;  but  that  species,  indepen- 

*  A  name  the  meaning  of  which  is  unexplained  by  its  author,  M.  Spach. 


dently  of  its  glaucous  leaves,    decumbent  habit,   and  whole- 
coloured  flowers,  has  less  shaggy  and  more  linear  fruit. 

My  reasons  for  admitting  the  genus  Godetia  have  been 
already  given  at  fol.  1829,  in  the  note. 


The  relationship  of  Godetia  and  Oenothera  to  Fuchsia  is 
admitted  on  all  hands ;  and  everything  that  appertains  to 
the  latter  beautiful  genus  is  so  generally  interesting  that 
I  gladly  avail  myself  of  the  present  opportunity  of  pub- 
lishing a  memorandum,  for  which  I  am  indebted  to  Mr. 
Allan  Cunningham,  concerning  two  apetalous  species,  one 
of  which  has  already  been  figured  in  the  Flora  Peruviana, 
and  the  other  lately  discovered  by  Mr.  Richard  Cunning- 
ham in  New  Zealand. 

*  F  lores  ape  tali. 

F.  procumbens ;  (Rich.  Cunn.  MSS.)  caule  procumbente  adscendente,  ramis 
gracilibus  glabris,  folils  sparsis  alternis  longe  petiolatis  lato-elllpticis  subro- 
tundisve  obtusis  basi  subinde  cordatis  remote  denticulatis  ciliatis,  paginis 
glabris,  pedicellis  solitariis  axillaribus  flore  ter  breviorlbus,  perianthio  infun- 
dibuliformi,  lobis  lanceolatis  reflexis  tubo  brevioribus,  stylo  elongato  fili- 
formi  stamina  exserta  superante,  stigmate  dilatato  lobato  pilis  paten  tibus 
tenuiter  instructo.     A.  C. 

Totera  ab  incolis  vulgo  vocatur. 

Hah.  in  Noveb  Zelandiae  insula  septentrionali :  in  arenosis  prope  littora,  juxta 
pagum  Matauri,  adversum  Insulas  Cavallos,  ubi  in  mense  Martii  floret. — 
1834.     Bich.  Cunningham. 

Fruticulus  decumbens,  virgatus.  Rami  patentes,  graciles,  teretes,  juniores  foliati. 
Folia  subuncialia,  venosa,  basi  cordiformia  minute  denticulata  utrinque 
orlabra.  Petioli  unciales,  complanato — filiformes,  glabriusculi,  supra  canali- 
culati.  Flores  axillares,  solitarii,  erecti,  apetali.  Perianthium  tubulosum 
aurantio-luteura,  limbus  4-partitus  reflexus ;  laciniis  aequalibus  lanceolatis, 
acutis,  virldibus,  apicibus  purpureo-luridis.  Staui.  8  ;  filamenta  fauci  inserta; 
antherse  ovata  hilnrnl.i.f.^  n^it.f'-^      o.-o..;,,,,,    „„«.i..:t — u....    i,,^,,!;^  nlnri- 


ovulatis,  ovulis  obovatis  erectis.  Stylus  complaiiatus  staminibus  longior. 
Stigma  clavatum,  lobatuni.     Bacca — A.  C. 

V.apefala;  (Ruiz,  melius  scandens)  caule  villoso  scandente  radicante,  foliis  con- 
fertis  alternis  petiolatis  ovatis  acuminatis  integerrimis,  petiolis  ramulis 
foliisque  junioribus  copiose  villosis,  floribus  extremitatem  versiis  ramulorum 
subcorymbosis  pedicello  plus  quater  longioribus,  perianthio  elongato  tubu- 
loso  lobis  ovatis  acutiusculis  erecto-patentlbus  tubo  triple  brevioribus,  stylo 
filiformi  staminibus  exsertis  parum  longiore,  stigmate  lobato  glabro.     A.  C. 

Fuchsia  apetala.  De  Cand.  prodr.  3.  p.  39.  Ruiz  et  Pavon.  fl.  peruv.  3. 
p.  89.  t.  322.  y,  b.     {v.  s.  spont.  in  herb.  Lambert.) 

Hab.  in  Peruvia :  in  nemoribus  circa  Huassi-huassi  et  Muna.  Maio  floret. 
1779.     Ruiz,  Pavon,  Dombey. 

Frutex  scandens,  super  arborum  truncos  radicans.  Caulis  parum  ramosus,  teres, 
cortice  multiplici  ferrugineo,  radicibus  stoloniformibus  longissimis  arbori- 
bus  adhserens.  Folia  venosa  subtus  purpurascentia,  decidua.  Petioli 
dense  villosi.  Flores  corymboso-umbellati,  dependentes,  magni,  apetali, 
sesqui  v.  5-pollicares  !  Perianthii  tubus  ruber,  limbus  quadripartitus  rectus, 
lobis  parvis  ovatis  dilute  luteis.  Stamina  octo.  Bacca  oblonga  tetrag^ona, 
rubra  quadripartita.     A.  C. 


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*  OXYCjRA   chrysanthemoides. 

Ox -eye- like  Oxyura. 


Nat.  ord.  Composite. 

OXYURA.  De  Cand.  in  Lindl.  Nat.  Syst.  of  Bot.  ed.  2.  page  259. 
Involucrum  simplici  serie  verticlUatum,  foliolis  herbaceis  patentibus  basibus  suis 
cucullatis  flosculos  radii  involventibus.  Flosculi  radii  fere  neutri;  pappo  O, 
stylo  bilobo,  corolld  ligulatgl  triloba.  Flosculi  disci  hermaphroditi,  bracteis 
basi  membranaceis  apice  herbaceis  stipati ;  pappo  O ;  corolld  infundlbulari,  pube- 
scente,  basi  paulo  gibbosa;  antheris  muticis  ;  styli  ramis  subulatis  acutis  dorso 
villosis.     Receptaculum  planum. 


Oxyura  chrysanthemoides.     D.  C.  in  Herb.  Hort.  Soc.  Lond. 

Annua.,  erecta,  ramosa,  leviter  pubescens.  CanMs  purpurascens.  Folia 
inferiora  pinnatifida,  laciniis  linearibus  obtusis  sublobatis ;  superiora  sen- 
sim  magis  integra,  suprema  integerrima,  omnia  margine  scabriuscula. 
Capitula  solitaria,  pedunculo  subclavato  tomentoso.  Involucrum  planiuscu- 
lum,  foliolis  serie  simplici  verticillatis,  herbaceis,  ligulatis,  obtusis,  basi 
ovaria  flosculorum  radialium  involventibus  ;  angulis  dorsalibus  hispido'Cchi- 
natis.  Llgulae  lato-oblongce,  involucro  paulo  longiores,  triloboe,  basi  lutecE, 
apice  pallidce.  Flosculi  disci  infundibulares,  ovario  compresso  glabro  calvo 
(incuria  pictoris  pessime  reprcesentatur  hirsutum  pappo  irregulari  setoso)  ; 
tubus  teres  basi  paululum  gibbosus,  pubescens,  limbi  erecti  longitudine. 
Paleae  receptaculi  membranacece,  pilosce,  apice  herbacece,  barbatce,  corol- 
larum  fere  longitudine. 


A  new  genus  of  Compositae,  placed  by  M.  De  Candolle,  in 
his  catalogue  of  the  genera  of  that  order  in  the  second  edition 
of  my  Natural  System  of  Botany,  in  the  subdivision  Madieae, 
of  the  division  Galinsogeae,  of  the  suhtrihe  Helenieae,  of  the 
tribe  Senecionideae,  of  his  first  series  Tubuliflorse,  which  nearly 
answers  to  the  Corymbiferae  of  Jussieu. 

*  It  is  supposed  that  this  word  is  formed  from  oi,vc,  sharp,  and  ovpa,  a  tail,  but 
its  application  is  not  obvious. 


With  very  much  the  aspect  of  Chrysanthemum  corona- 
rium,  except  that  it  is  not  half  so  tall,  it  agrees  very  nearly 
in  structure  with  the  widely  different  genus  Madia,  especially 
in  having  the  ovaries  of  the  florets  of  the  ray  enwrapped  in 
the  bases  of  the  leaflets  of  the  involucre. 

This  species  is  a  hardy  annual,  introduced  by  the  Horti- 
cultural Society  from  California,  where  it  was  found  by  Mr. 
Douglas.  It  flowers  in  the  months  of  August  and  September, 
ripening  seeds  in  abundance. 

Of  the  dissections  in  the  accompanying  plate,  fig.  4  repre- 
sents an  anther;  fig.  2  a  floret  of  the  ray  with  its  base 
enwrapped  in  the  scale  of  the  involucre  ;  and  fig.  3  the  top 
of  tJie  style  with  the  two  subulate  hairy  branches  of  the 
stigma  ;  but  fig.  1  does  not  belong  to  the  plant ;  it  has  been 
introduced  by  some  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  artist. 


^ 


1851 

*  ONCIDIUM  altissimum. 
Tallest  Oncidium. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Vande^e. 
ONCIDIUM.— Suprd,  vol.  13.  fol.  J  050. 


0.  altissimum  ;  pseudobulbis  subrotundis  compressis  ancipltibus,  foliis  distichls 

ensiformibus  carinatis  acutis  scapo  decurvo  multo  brevioribus,  racemo  sim- 
plicl,    sepalis    petalisque    labelli     longitudine    lineari-lanceolatis    undulatis, 
-    labello  apice  dilatato  bilobo  medio  constrlcto  basi  auriculato,  crista  ennea- 
dactyla,  columnee  alis  rotundatis  crenulatis. 
Epidendrum  altissimum.     Jacq.  stirp.  amer.  2'29.  t.  141. 

Planta  elegans,  parasitica  arborum.  Radices  teretes,Jihros(E,  cinerece, 
numeroscB.  Folia  acuta,  ensiformi-oblonga,  avenia,  nitida,  integerrima, 
crassiiiscula,  pollicetn  lata,  sesqui-pollicem  longa,  hasi  carinata,  cceterum 
plana  :  orta  singula  e  7iodo  t'el  tuber-e  ovato,  compresso,  glabra,  ovi  interdum 
anserini  magnitudine  ;  qui  ipse  insidet  basifolii  alius  radicalis,  unius  alte- 
riusve,  et  similis.  Inter  hoc  nodumque  exsurgit  scapus  solitarius,  teres, 
glaber,  colore  ferrugineo,  tenuis,  inclinatus,  quadripedalis,  superne  race- 
mosus ;  qui  ad  pedunculos  et  nodos  vestitur  spathis  membranaceis,  lanceo- 
latis,  cinereisque.  Pedunculi  bijlori  vel  trijlori  plerumque,  distiche  alterni. 
Flores  inodori,Jfavi  cum  macidis  fuscis,  numerosi.  His  sunt  petala  oblonga, 
distincta,  utrinque  acuta,  undulata,  subcequalia.  Nectarii  labii  inferioris 
lacinia  media  est  suhquadrata,  fiavaque  tola  sine  maculis.  Reliqua  in 
charactere   obtinent,   sicuti   in  Epidendro  (Oncidio)    carthaginensi.       Jacq. 

1.  c.  229. 


I  long  ago  suspected  that  two  distinct  species  were  con- 
founded under  the  name  of  O.  altissimum,  and  I  even  dis- 
tinguished, by  the  name  of  O.  Baueri,  what  appeared  to  be 
a  different  species  from  the  Epidendrum  altissimum  of  Jacquin, 
which  is  the  original  authority  for  the  former  name.  I  was 
afterwards  led  to  suppose  that  O.  Baueri  was  a  mere  form  of 
O.  altissimum,    and   I   accordingly   reduced    it    to   a    simple 

*  See  folio  1542. 
VOL.    xxir.  F 


variety,  in  the  genera  and  species  of  Orcliideous  plants.  In 
this  however  I  am  satisfied  that  I  was  wrong,  as  will  I  think 
be  evident  from  the  following  comparison  of  the  two  species 
as  they  were  seen  last  year  in  the  stove  of  the  Messrs. 
Loddiofes. 


't>^ 


O,  altissimum,  Pseudobulbs  nearly  round,  very  much  compressed,  and  two- 
edged.  Leaves  acute.  Raceme  decumbent  nearly  simple.  Colours  of  the 
flower  very  bright.     Wings  of  the  column  rounded  and  a  little  crenelled. 

O.  Baueri.  Pseudobulbs  oblong,  a  little  compressed,  only  slightly  two-edged. 
Leaves  broader,  and  rather  acuminate.  Raceme  erect,  very  compound. 
Colour  of  the  flowers  rather  dingy.  Wings  of  the  column  very  remarkably 
truncated. 

It  is  impossible,  now  that  these  differences  are  made  out, 
to  combine  the  two  plants  as  I  once  proposed.  I  therefore 
avail  myself  gladly  of  an  opportunity  afforded  me  by  Messrs. 
Loddiges  of  figuring  the  true  O.  altissimum;  and  for  the 
satisfaction  of  those  who  may  not  have  access  to  the  work  in 
which  it  was  first  described,  I  have  added  the  very  words  of 
Jacquin  in  speaking  of  that  species. 

The  O.  altissimum  figured  at  fol.  1651  is  the  true 
O,  Baueii. 


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t,!t^.^: 


*  CRATiEGUS  orieritali. 

Oriental  Hawthorn. 


ISOCANDRIA  ni-PENTAGYNlA. 

Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  §  Pomaces. 
CRAT^G US.— Supra,  vol.  U.  fol.  1 128. 


C.  orientalis ;  foliis  subtrifidis  inciso-serratis  basi  cuneatis  tomentosis,  fructibus 
4-5-pyrenis  glabris    sphaericis  nudis,  putamine   crassissimo, 

Mespilus  orientalis  apli  folio  villoso,  fructu  magno  pentagono  purpureo  crlabro 
Tour7i.  It.  vol.  2.  p.  ]72.  "         " 

Folia  tomentosa  demum  calva  ;  stipulis  magnis  semicordatis  serratis. 
Pedunculi  tovieyitosi.  Fructus  atropurpurei,  glahri,  subpentagoni,  pyrenis 
4-5  osseis,  putamine  crassissimo. 


A  very  handsome  tree,  with  large  snow-white  fragrant 
vernal  flowers,  and  rich  purple  autumnal  leaves.  When 
young  it  has  a  gray  appearance  because  its  leaves  are  downy  ; 
at  a  more  advanced  age  it  becomes  green  in  consequence  of 
the  leaves  losing  their  hairiness. 

This  I  take  it  is  the  genuine  Oriental  Mespilus  of  Tour- 
nefort,  with  villous  celery  leaves,  and  a  large  purple  5- 
cornered  smooth  fruit,  and  is  undoubtedly  distinct  from  C. 
odoratissima  to  which  some  have  referred  it,  as  well  as  from 
C.  tanacetifolia ;  each  of  these  last  mentioned  species  will  be 
figured  hereafter. 

C.  orientalis  forms  a   small  close-headed   tree,  with  the 


Sec  folio  1161. 

F  2 


aspect  of  C.  odoratissima.  It  is  propagated  by  grafting  or 
budding  upon  the  common  Hawthorn.  The  drawing  was 
made  in  the  Garden  of  the  Horticultural  Society  last  October. 

It  is  a  native  of  the  Crimea  and  the  parts  bordering  on 
the  Black  Sea. 


/^S3. 


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.^i^^  J^MJ^u^/&y^aMiyMiy././:^S6. 


1853 

*  0RNITH6gALUM  chloroleucum. 
Green  and  White  Ornithogalum. 


HEXANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Liliace^. 
ORNITHOGALUM.—Supra,  vol.  8.  tab.  158. 


O.  chloroleucum ;  foliis  acuminatis  canaliculatls  strictis  racemi  corymbosi  longi- 
tudine,  filamentis  ovato-lanceolatis  acuminatis  conformibus  laciniis  perianthil 
brevioribus,  sepalis  petalisque  oblongis  obtusis. 

Folia  scBpius  racemi  longitudine,  aliqudndo  breviora.  Floras  parvi, 
patenfes.  Ovarii  loculamenta  polysperma,  ovulis  imbricatis  alatis  ascen- 
dentibus.     Stigma  d-fidum. 


Found  not  nncommonly  in  the  vicinity  of  Valparaiso, 
whence  it  has  been  brought  by  several  collectors.     It  is  the 


*  "  An  ancient  name,  adopted  by  the  Latins  from  the  Greeks,  evidently  de- 
rived from  opvic,  opvL^OQ,  a  bird,  and  yaXa,  milk  ;  but  its  application  has 
proved  a  stumbling  block  to  most  etymologists.  Ambrosinus  presumes  the  word 
may  allude,  either  to  the  shining  milky-white  of  the  flowers,  like  that  of  a  hen's 
egg  ;  or  to  the  white  egg-shaped  bulbs.  Tournefort  supposes  the  flowers,  being 
green  when  closed,  and  white  when  expanded,  may  have  been  compared  to  the 
wings  of  several  birds.  Linnseus  first  gave  the  true  explanation,  in  suggesting 
{Mant.  364.  Preselect,  in  Ord.  Nat.  287.)  that  the  O.  umbellatum  appears  to 
be  the  "  dove's  dung,''  mentioned  in  the  2nd  Book  of  Kings,  chap.  vi.  5.  25.  as 
having  fetched  so  high  a  price  during  the  siege  of  Samaria.  It  is  recorded  by  the 
sacred  writer,  that  a  quarter  of  a  cab  of  dove's  dung  then  sold  for  five  pieces  of 
silver ;  and  the  rabbinical  commentators,  taking  the  words  literally,  have  asserted, 
absurdly  enough,  that  it  was  used  as  fuel.  As  the  plant  grows  copiously  in 
Palestine,  whence  the  English  name.  Star  of  Bethlehem,  and  the  roots  are  still 
in  common  use  for  food  in  that  country,  the  name  is  explained  by  the  resem- 
blance in  the  colours  of  the  flower  to  the  dung  of  birds,  the  white  or  milky  parts 
of  which,  their  urine,  is  contrasted  with  dull  green,  exactly  as  in  the  petals  of 
this  original  species  of  the  genus  before  us,  and  which  appears  to  be  the  very  one 
described  by  Dioscoridcs. " — Smith. 


number  692  of  Ciimings  collection,   343   of   Bridges,   and 
270  of  Matthews. 

It  is  a  frame   bulb,  flowering  in   July.     The  specimen 
from  which  the  drawing  was  taken  was  furnished  by  Robert 

Mangles,  Esq. 

There  is  no  previously  described   species   that  can  be 
confounded  with  it. 


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'fUj^  ^-UtL:  C^. 


^Ji-^  f.!^,i^%u^ 76g ^'iccoM^  JLuf. /.mo. 


:;^Wcik. 


1854 

*  CAMELLIA  japonica,  Donckelaeri. 

Donckelaers  Japan  Camellia. 


MONADELPHIA  MONOGYNIA. 
Nat.  ord.   TERNSTROMIACEiE. 

CAMELLIA.— Suprd,  vol.  l.fol.  22. 


Camellia  japonica,  vide  suprd,  I.  c. 


Garden  Variety. 

A  remarkably  beautiful  variety,  for  the  opportunity  of 
figuring  which  we  are  obliged  to  Mr.  Lowe  of  Clapton. 
It  is  said  to  be  a  genuine  Japanese  kind,  and  to  have  been 
brought  to  Holland  by  Dr.  Siebold. 

The  blotching  of  the  petals  and  "the  general  appearance 
of  the  specimen  have  been  very  happily  expressed  by  Miss 
Drake  in  the  accompanying  figure. 


*  See  folio  1267. 


/JJS. 


jfLf^  3i,zA^.  c^^.  ^U^  J.^u^r^nty  /i>J  '&^c/^  ^.  /Ji^Jfi. 


Jf^%i<^.^. 


1855 

*  CRATAEGUS  maroccana. 

Morocco  Hawthojii. 


ICOSANDRIA  DI-PENTAGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  §  Pomace^e. 
CRATMGUS. -Supra,  vol.  13.  fol.  1128. 


C.  viaroccana  ;  foliis  cuneatls  glabris  3-5-fidis  3-lobisque  lobis  integrls  sub- 
falcatis,  calycibus  glabris,  fructibus  subrotundis  glabris  dipyrenis,  putamine 
crassissimo. 

C.  maroccana.     DC.  prodr.  2.  628. 

C.  aronia.   Decaisne  in  Ann.  Sc.  n.  ser.  3.  264  ;  not  of  others. 

Folia  glabra,  longipetiolata,  integra,   triloba,  Z-fida,  5-Jida,  into  3-5- 

partita,  lobis   scepius  integerrimis  acutis  nunc   subfalcatis.     Poma  pallide 

lateritia,  subrotunda,  dipyrena,  putamine  crassissimo. 


Said,  I  know  not  on  what  authority,  to  be  a  native  of 
Barbary ;  but  it  is  not  mentioned  by  Desfontaines,  nor  have 
1  seen  any  certain  specimen  from  that  country. 

It  however  undoubtedly  occurs  in  Palestine,  having  been 
collected  on  Mounts  Sinai  and  St.  Catharine  by  M.  Bove,  in 
June  1832;  its  Arabian  name  is  Sarrour.  C.  Aronia,  to  which 
M.  Decaisne  referred  M.  Bove's  specimens,  is  essentially  dif- 
ferent, as  I  shall  hereafter  shew. 

It  is  not  improbable  that  C.  maroccana  is  a  mere  variety 
of  C.  heterophylla,  t.  1847  ;  to  which  it  approaches  very 
nearly  in  some  respects.  Independently  however  of  the  form 
and  colour  of  the  fruit,  and  of  the  shape  of  tlie  leaves,  by 


*   See  folio  1161. 


which  these  species  are  sufficiently  distinguishable,  the  sti- 
pules of  C.  maroccana  are  smaller,  the  growth  less  vigo- 
rous, and  the  fruit  has  usually  two  stones  instead  of  one. 

The  drawing  was  made  in  the  Garden  of  the  Horticul- 
tural Society. 


/SS6. 


-Jwt.^.  ^.  .91^/yJ.^cci^u^  /^/  ^icca^^'l^  MoAf./.  fffSS. 


1856 

*  GODETIA  rubiciinda. 

Ruddy  Godetia. 


OCTANDRIA  MONOGVNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Onagrace^e. 
GODETIA.— Suprd,  vol.  22. /o/.  1849. 


G.  rubicunda  ;  erecta,  foliis  lineari-lanceolatis  subdentatis  viridibus,  petalis  sub- 
rotundo-cunealis  undulatis  immaculatis,  staminibus  alternis  minorlbus,  an- 
theris  Igneis  apice  luteis  cassis,  stigmatlbus  pallidis,  capsulls  linearibus  ses- 
silibus  truncatis,  seminibus  elongatb  cuneatis. 

Caulis  erectus,  2-pedalis,  ramosus,  leviter  pubescens.  Folia  viridia, 
lineari-lanceolata  subdentata.  Flores  magni,  rubicundi.  Calyx  tubo  brevi 
obconico.  Petala  unicolora,  basi  exceptd  igned,  subrotundo-cuneata,  tindu- 
lata,  sepalis  duplb  staminibus  fer^  triplh  longiora.  Stamina  alterna  bre- 
viora,  antheris  igneis  subrostratis  apice  recurvantibus  luteis  cassis.  Stig- 
mata pa /Zic?a  linearia  rejiexa.  Capsula  leviter  pubescens,  subsessilis,  linea- 
ris, truncata,  tetragona.  Semina  elongata,  rhombea,  cinereo  fuscoque 
nebulosa. 


A  handsome  species  found  in  California  by  Mr.  Douglas, 
and  raised  in  the  garden  of  the  Horticultural  Society.  It 
forms  an  agreeable  contrast  with  G.  Lindleyana,  in  conse- 
quence of  the  want  of  spots,  and  the  peculiar  ruddy  appear- 
ance of  its  petals.     Flowers  in  July  and  August. 

In  many  respects  it  approaches  G.  lepida,  already  figured 
in  this  work  (fol.  1220)  ;  but  it  is  abundantly  distinguished 
by  the  following  circumstances.  The  leaves  are  green  and 
not  glaucous,  the  flowers  are  twice  as  large  and  a  bright  flame 
colour  at  the  base  of  the  petals,  while  the  purple  blotch  near 
the  apex  of  those  of  G.  lepida  is  wanting.  In  G.  rubicunda 
the  anthers  are  alternately  shorter,  of  a  rich  flame  colour, 

*  Sec  fol.  1849. 


except  at  the  tips,  where  they  are  yellow,  and  rolled  back- 
ward ;  in  G.  lepida  they  are  all  equal,  of  one  uniform,  pale 
yellowish  hue,  and  not  turned  back  at  the  point.  In  G.  ru- 
hicunda,  the  stigma  is  a  very  pale  lilac,  almost  white,  in 
G.  lepida  it  is  a  rich  dark  purple;  the  seeds  too  of  the  former 
are  far  more  slender  than  those  of  the  latter  species. 

A  hardy  annual. 


^■va4t..  a^.  ^lt(-iy  y.  ^^u^oy  /i^  ^Z:cuuUiy  JUyJ.  /JM. 


rv/X^;. 


1857 

*  ZYG0P6tALUM  cochleare. 

Spoon-lipped  Zygopetalum. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Vande^. 

Z  YGOPETA L  UM,  Hooker.  PeriantMum  explanatum,  sepalls  petalisque 
ascendentibus  subsequalibus,  cum  ungue  producto  columntB  connatis.  Labellum 
muticum,  indivisum,  patens,  ungue  ascendente :  crista  magna  transversa  carnosa. 
Columna   brevis,   arcuata,  semiteres.       Anthera    subbilocularis.      Pollinia    2, 

bipartibilia,  in  glandulam  transversam   subsessilia.' Herbae    terrestres,    sub- 

acaules,  foliis  plicatis  patentibus.     Flores  speciosi,  labello   coeruleo.     Gen. 
et  Sp.  Orch.  187. 


Z.  cochleare ;  foliis  plicatis  peduuculis  unifloris  radioalibus  solitariis  duplo 
longioribus,  sepalis  petalisque  ovato-lanceolatis  conniventibus  inferioribus 
majoribus,  labello  cochleato  bilobo  crista  transversa  crenata. 

Pseudobulbi  nzfZZi.  Y o\\a,  pallidt  viridia  ohovata  vel  oblonga,  plicata, 
pedem  longa,  infima  abbreviata  petiolaria.  Pedunculi  ex  axillis  foliorum 
infimoriiviy  basi  vaginati,  unijiori,  erecti,  apice  sub  ovario  bracted  cucullatd 
oblongd.  Ovarium  albidum,  incurvum.  Perianthium  semi-explanatum. 
Sepala  ovata,  subundulata,  acuta,  albo-viridia,  lateralia  majora.  Petala 
sepalo  svpremo  conformia  et  ccqualia.  l^aheWum  cum  columna  basi  paululum 
elongata  articulatum,  concavujn,  unciam  latum,  1  j  unc.  longum,  indivisum, 
emarginatum,  extus  albidum,  intus  venis  creberrimis  atrocceruleis  velutinis 
pictum  ;  breve  unguiculatum,  supra  unguem  callo  lato  rotundato  convexo 
plurie s plicato  et  cristato  instructum.  Columna  teres  clavata,  dorso  viridi-alba, 
fronte  purjmreo-striata,  basi  paululum  producta.  Antbera  bilocularis  valvis 
hilabiatis.     Pollinia  4,  per  paria  incumbentia. 


Beautiful  as  all  the  species  of  Zygopetalum  are,  without 
exception,  this  is  perhaps  upon  the  whole  the  most  attractive, 
not  only  on  account  of  the  delicate  waxy  surface  of  the  petals 
and  sepals,  and  the  peculiarly  rich  veining  of  the  Lapis  lazuli 
blue  of  its  lip,  but  because  of  its  delicious  fragrance.  If  Lilies 


*  So  named  by  Sir  William  Hooker  from  (tvyvvb),  to  join ;  in  allusion  to  the 
adhesion  of  the  segments  of  the  perianth  by  their  bases,  in  the  original  species. 


of  the  Valley  were  growing  intermingled  with  the  plants,  the 
air  could  not  be  more  perfumed  with  their  pure  and  delight- 
ful odour  than  it  is  after  the  curious  flowers  have  unfolded. 

Like  all  the  other  species  of  the  genus,  this  is  easily  cul- 
tivated in  earth  in  a  damp  stove.  It  is  a  native  of  Trinidad. 
The  drawing  was  made  from  a  specimen  supplied  by  Mr. 
Knight,  in  August  last. 

1.  represents  a  front  view  of  the  column,  with  the  bases 
of  the  petals  and  lips  adhering  to  it ;  2.  is  a  view  of  the 
fleshy  ridge  of  the  lip ;  and  3.  shews  the  pollen  masses  and 
their  glands. 


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1858 

*  HABENARIA  procera. 

Tall  Habenaria. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^.  §  OpHRYDEiE. 

HABENARIA,  Willd.  Perianthium  Orchidis.  Calcar  elongatum. 
Colunma  libera  reclinata.  Anthera  basibus  loculorum  solutis  divergentibus  ca- 
nalibus  stigmaticis  adhserentibus.  Glanduloe  nudse.  Rostellum  planum,  an- 
tberae  adnatuin.  Processus  carnosi  2  stigraatici,  ultra  antheram  projicientes, 
forma  varil. — Habitus  Orchidis.     Gen.  &  Sp.  Orch.  p.  306. 


A.  Erostres;  ovariis  pedunculatis  subcylindraceis  aut  fusiformibus,  nunquam 
rostratis. 

§  2.  Petala  indivisa. 
a.  Labellum  trifidum,  laciniis  Jiliformibus  indivisis. 

H.  procera  ;  caule  folioso,  foliis  oblongis  basi  cucuUatis  patentibus  sensim  in 
bracteis  decrescentibus,  racemo  multifloro,  bracteis  herbaceis  inferioribus 
foliaceis  ovarii  longitudine  superioribus  parvis  ovatis,  labelli  tripartiti  laciniis 
lateralibus  linearibus  intermedia  latiore  paul6  brevioribus,  calcare  pendulo 
clavato  ovario  duplo  longiore. 

Orchis  procera.     Swartz  in  Pers.  syn.  2.  506. 

Habenaria  procera.      Lindl.  Gen.  et  Sp.  Orch.  318, 

Caulis  bipedalis,  foliis  circiter  5  cequidistantibus  dimidiam  inferiorem 
vestientibus.  Racemus  laxus,  multiflorus,  8  poll,  longus.  Ovaria  2^-polL 
Sepala  ovata,  alba  apice  viridia,  lateralia  latiora  patentissima,  supremum 
concavum  cum  petalis  ovatis  erectis  albis  dorso  viridulis  galeam  referentibus. 
Labellum  yere  j9oZ/icem  longum,  album,  laciniis  apice  luteo-viridibus.  Calcar 
3^-poll.  longum,  basi  album,  cceterum  viride.  Columna  parva,  alba,  carnosa, 
reclinata,  auriculis  {staminibus  ster.^  rotundatis.  Anthera  ochracea,  loculis 
distantibus  basibus  elongatis,  jjaululum  incurvis,  a  canalibus  stigmaticis 
facile  separabilibus,  caudiculam  longam  Jiliformem  in  gremio  sua  foventibus 
cui  glandula  parva  pallida  adnascifur.  Canalia  stigmatica  linearia  alba, 
truncata,  crassitiei  cequabilis.  Rostellum  planum  antheroe  adnatum.  Pro- 
cessus carnosi  herbacei,  ultra  os  calcaris  arcuatim  projicientes,  et  canalibus 
stigmaticis  paulb  longiores. 


*  From  habena  a  rein  or  thong,  in  allusion  to  the  long  strap-shaped  spur* 
VOL.    XXII.  G 


This  rare  species  is  a  native  of  Sierra  Leone,  where  it  was 
found  by  Afzelius  many  years  since.  It  was  afterwards 
introduced  with  a  brief  character  into  Persoon's  Synopsis, 
and  from  that  time  remained  unknown,  until  it  was  im- 
ported last  year  by  Messrs.  Loddiges,  in  whose  stove  it 
flowered  in  August. 

It  offers  an  excellent  illustration  of  the  characters  of  the 
curious  genus  Hahenaria,  as  limited  in  the  genera  and  species 
o/"  Orchideous  plants,  and  will  shew  the  student  in  a  distinct 
manner  what  the  points  are  in  which  it  differs  from  the 
genus  Platanthera,  whither  I  refer  our  British  Butterfly 
Orchis,  to  which  this  bears  a  striking  resemblance.  In  order 
to  make  this  clear,  attention  should  be  paid  to  the  magnified 
figure  of  a  column  extracted  from  the  flower,  and  placed  at 
the  right  hand  corner  of  the  accompanying  plate.  In  this 
the  lower  white  portion  to  the  left  is  the  column,  with 
an  auricle  or  sterile  stamen  at  its  upper  corner  to  the  right. 
Immediately  proceeding  from  this  in  a  curved  direction 
upwards  are  the  white  stigmatic  canals,  in  whose  hollow  the 
lengthened  bases  of  the  anther  are  placed  when  in  their 
natural  position.  The  upper  yellow  body  which  divides 
downw^ards  into  two  legs  is  the  anther ;  the  legs  are  its  lobes, 
which  lengthen  at  their  lower  end  and  fit  into  the  stigmatic 
canals,  enclosing  the  pollen  masses  in  their  upper  portion, 
and  in  their  lower  keeping  the  caudicle  of  the  pollen  in  such 
a  position  that  it  must  inevitably  come  in  contact  with  the 
gland  which  once  formed  the  tip  of  the  stigmatic  canal,  but 
which  eventually  separates  from  the  latter,  adhering  to  the 
caudicle,  as  is  seen  in  the  thread-shaped  processes,  which  in 
the  figure  rise  up  from  the  anther-bases.  All  these  parts 
equally  exist  in  the  genus  Platanthera.  But  in  Hahenaria 
we  find  an  addition  of  two  greenish  horns,  which  spring 
from  the  lower  edge  of  the  stigma,  skirting  the  orifice  of  the 
spur,  and  finally  project  beyond  the  latter,  as  is  seen  in  the 
figure.  These  horns,  which  are  considered  to  be  processes 
of  the  stigma,  do  not  occur  in  Platanthera,  unless  in  a  very 
rudimentary  state,  while  in  Hahenaria  they  are  always  so 
fully  and  obviously  developed  as  to  form  conspicuous  objects, 
even  when  the  flowers  are  dried. 


It  may  appear  to  some  Botanists  that  this  is  but  a  slight 
distinction  upon  wliicli  to  found  a  genus.  But  it  is  to  be 
remembered,  firstly,  that  it  is  a  decided  organic  difference, 
inasmuch  as  it  is  the  developement  of  a  new  organ  in  the 
apparatus  for  reproduction;  secondly,  that  it  is  a  constant 
and  obvious  character  which  in  many  cases  is  far  more 
remarkable  than  even  in  the  species  before  us ;  and  more- 
over, that  after  being  limited  within  the  comparatively 
narrow  bounds  that  I  have  assigned  it,  and  after  striking  off 
the  genera  Bonatea,  Peristylus,  Platanthera,  Aopla,  and 
another  or  two,  the  genus  Habenaria  still  comprehends  no 
fewer  than  eighty-five  well  ascertained  species,  to  which 
many  more  will  doubtless  have  to  be  added. 

This  plant  must  have  the  heat  of  a  damp  stove,  when  in  a 
growing  state,  but  will  doubtless  partake  of  the  habits  of  its 
kindred  species  in  requiring  a  long  period  of  coolness  and 
dryness,  while  its  roots  are  at  rest,  after  the  leaves  have 
perished. 


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^fL/^ kO zo'/b^^ .ci^e^.  .^lUtvy  J.  C^tu^i^-u.;' 


L'Q  C  Uc--xdctf^  J-kjJU^  .  /.  /i^J^P, 


1859 

*  CATTLEYA    labiata. 

Crimson-lipped  Cattleya. 


GYNANDRIA   MONANDRIA. 


Nat.  ord.  ORCHiDACEiE,  §  Epidendre^. 
CATTLEYA.— Suprd,  vol.  \4.foL  1172. 


C.  labiata ;  sepalis  lineari-lanceolatis,  petalis  membranaceis  lato-lanceolatis 
acutis  subundulatis,  labello  obovato  undulato  obtuso  iiidiviso,  pseudobulbis 
oblongis  angulatis,  spatha  maxima  foliacea.     Gen.  Sf  Sp.  Orch.  pi.  p.  116. 

C.  labiata.  Lindl.  Collect.  Bot.  t.  33.  Hooker  Exot.  fi.  \51 ,  Lodd.  Bot. 
Cab.  t.  1856. 


A  native  of  Brazil,  whence  it  was  introduced  about  18 
years  ago  by  Mr.  William  Swainson.  It  has  since  that  time 
been  represented  in  most  of  our  Botanical  periodicals,  so  that 
I  fear  I  shall  hardly  stand  excused  for  reproducing  it  here. 
Nevertheless,  all  the  plates  above  quoted  are  deficient  in  the 
richness  of  colour  that  is  so  peculiarly  characteristic  of  the 
species,  and  that  constitutes  its  chiefest  ornament ;  and  the 
knowledge  of  the  existence  of  so  truly  beautiful  species  can- 
not be  too  widely  diffused,  the  more  especially  as  this,  like 
the  rest  of  its  genus,  requires  the  excessive  heat  and  damp- 
ness of  an  Orchideous  house  in  a  less  degree  than  many  other 
kinds. 

It  is  one  of  those  plants  which  flourish  so  remarkably  in 
the  hothouse  at  Wentworth,  with  no  greater  dampness  and 
heat  than  can  be  endured  by  human  beings  without  incon- 
venience. 


*   See  folio  1406. 


The  specimen  selected  for  representation  in  this  place  is 
a  small  one,  with  its  colours  remarkably  rich  and  well  deve- 
loped ;  it  is  figured  in  the  Botanical  Cabinet  with  four 
flowers  in  a  cluster,  and  I  have  seen  it  with  six.  In  such  a 
state,  and  with  several  stems,  each  laden  with  flowers  in  a 
similar  manner,  there  is  certainly  no  plant  of  which  I  have 
any  knowledge  that  can  be  said  to  stand  forth  with  an  equal 
radiance  of  splendour  and  beauty.  For  it  is  not  merely  the 
large  size  of  the  flowers,  and  the  deep  rich  crimson  of  one 
petal  contrasted  with  the  delicate  lilac  of  the  others  that  con- 
stitute the  loveliness  of  this  plant,  it  owes  its  beauty  in 
almost  an  equal  degree  to  the  transparency  of  its  texture, 
and  the  exquisite  clearness  of  its  colours,  and  the  graceful 
manner  in  which  its  broad  flag-like  petals  wave  and  inter- 
mingle when  they  are  stirred  by  the  air,  or  hang  half  droop- 
ing half  erect  when  at  rest  and  motionless. 

The  drawing  was  made  in  the  garden  of  the  Horticultural 
Society  in  October  last. 


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1860 

*  CRATiEGUS  Crus  Galli,  var.  ovalifolia. 

Oval-leaved  Cockspur  Thorn. 


TCOSANDRIA  DI-PEliTAGYNlA. 


Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  §  Pomaces. 
CRATjEGUS.-Supnl,  vol.  13.  fol.  1128. 


C  crus-galli;  foliis  obovato-cuneiformibus  nitidis  glabris  tard^  deciduis,  spinis 

longissimis  validls,  pedicellis  glabris,  fructibus  pyriformibus  3-pyrenis. 
C.  crus-galli.     Linn.  Sp.pl.  632.     DC.  prodr.  2.  626. 
Mespilus  Crus  Galli.     Poir.  diet.  4.  441. 
C.  lucida.     Wangenh.  am.  t.  17.  y.  42. 

Mespilus  lucida.     Ehrh.     Dum.  Cours.  Bot.  cult.  ed.  2.  v.  5.  p.  448. 
?  M.  nana.     Dum.  Cours.  Suppl.  386. 
M.  linearis.     Desf.  arb.  2.  156. 

var.  ovalifolia,  foliis  latioribus,  minus  cuneatis,  longiiis  petiolatis,  minus  lucidis. 
C.  crus-galli  ovalifolia.     Loud.  Arbor.  Britt.  t.  xxxi.  c.  e. 
C.  ovalifolia.     Hornem.  hart.  kafn.  suppl.  52.     DC.  prodr.  2.  627, 


The  Cockspur  Thorn  is  a  hardy  small  tree,  found  wild  in 
North  America,  in  woods  and  hedges  and  on  the  banks  of 
rivers,  from  Canada  to  Carolina.  Its  name  is  derived  from 
the  length  of  its  powerful  curved  spines. 

Two  varieties  are  common  in  our  gardens,  the  broad- 
leaved  and  the  Pyracantha  leaved,  both  which  have  remark- 
ably smooth  shining  leaves,  and  rather  a  dense  mode  of 
branching.  This,  which  is  less  known  to  the  Nurserymen, 
has  more  oval  and  less  shining  leaves,  and  a  more  open  head. 

It  has  been  described  as  a  distinct  species,  but  I  think  Mr. 
Loudon  right  in  looking  upon  it  as  a  mere  variety  of  C.  crus- 


*  See  folio  1161. 


gallL     Sometimes  it  passes  in  the  nurseries  under  the  name 
of  C.  pemisylvanica. 

A  particularly  handsome  tree,  in  even  this  handsome 
genus.  No  trace  of  the  variety  has  been  remarked  in  a  wild 
state,  and  it  is  not  improbable  that  it  is  altogether  of  a  garden 
origin. 


^-  ^-.i<^ia-t<-^44  ' 


1861 

*  MORMODES  atropurpiirea. 

Dark-purple  Mormodes. 

GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Vande^. 

MORMODES.  Lindl.  Sepalum  superius  subfornicatum,  angustum ; 
latercdia  conformia  reflexa.  Petala  latiora,  conformia,  erecta.  Labellum  sel- 
leeforme,  ascendens,  trilobatum,  subcuneatum,  apiculatum,  cum  columna  articula- 
tum.  Columna  semiteres,  mutica ;  gynizus  longus  angustus ;  clinandrium 
postice  acuminatum.  Pollinia  4,  per  paria  connata,  caudlculse  crassse  affixa, 
glandulffi  carnosae  crassae  adhsErenti. — Habitus  Cataseti.  Lindl.  Nat.  Syst.  of 
Botany,  ed.  2.  p.  446. 


Mormodes  atropurpurea. 

Pseudobulbi  caulescentes,  Cataseti  fade,  polyphylli,  oblongi,  hasibus 
folioruni  distantibus  vaginantibus  imbricati.  Folia  plicata  (Cataseti),  3-5- 
costati,  erecti,  apice  recurvi.  Racemus  lateralis,  densus,  ohlongus,  pedun- 
culatus,  pseudobulbo  altior.  Flores  atropurpurei.  Sepala  lineari-oblonga 
(Bqualia,  reflexa,  basibus  lateralium  paulo  obliquis  et  ungui  labelli  adnatis. 
Petala  ovata,  erecta,  supra  columnam  conniventia.  Labellum  replicatum, 
retrorsum  arcuatum,  circumscriptione  cuneatum,  leviter  unguiculatum,  trilo- 
bum,  lateribus  defiexis  venosis,  loho  intermedio  magis  carnoso,  cuspidato,  sub- 
trilobo.  Columna  compressa,  rostrato-acuminata,  cum  labello  continua, 
erecta,  mutica,  anthera  postice  rostratd,  gynizo  oblongo.  Pollinia  4,  per 
paria  connata,  caudiculce  subcucullatce  adnata,  glanduld  concavd  crassd. 


Sent  to  me  in  December  last  from  the  garden  of  John 
Willmore,  Esq.  of  Oldford  near  Birmingham,  with  whom 
it  then  flowered  for  the  first  time.  It  had  been  imported 
from  the  Spanish  Main  in  1834.  It  is  a  new  genus,  differing 
from  Catasetum  and  Myanthus  in  the  want  of  cirrhi  upon  the 
column,  and  from  Monachanthus  in  its  lip  (fig.  1.)  being 
membranous  and  curved  upwards,  with  the  sides  turned  down- 

*  From  iiopfxij  a  frightful-looking  object,  a  goblin,  in  allusion  to  the  strange, 
appearance  of  the  flowers. 


wards,  like  the  sides  of  a  saddle,  instead  of  being  fleshy  and 
helmet-shaped. 

The  leaves  are  pale  green  ;  the  flowers  one  uniform  rich 
purple. 

A  tender  stove  plant,  requiring  the  same  treatment  as 
Catasetum,  Cycnoches,  &c.  With  reference  to  Orchideous 
plants,  with  this  habit,  it  may  in  general  be  observed,  that 
they  require  to  be  kept  cool  and  dry  when  not  in  a  growing 
state,  to  be  forced  gently  into  growth,  and  when  in  the  full 
vigour  of  their  vegetation  to  have  a  copious  supply  of  mois- 
ture. They  will  at  that  season  even  introduce  their  roots 
into  water,  if  they  are  allowed,  and  flourish  the  more  under 
such  treatment. 


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JfU^  Wia^^^.  dd^.  ^^-iy  j:M<^ay  /^^^ ^.ccaMUf  J^c^^.f.  /d56. 


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1862 

*  KENNEDYA?  macrophylla. 

Large-leaved  Kennedya. 


DIADELPHIA  DECANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Leguminos^e  or  Fabace^. 
KENNEDYA.— Supn),  vol.  W.fol.  944. 


§  2.  Foliis  3-foliolatis,  carind  vexillo  et  alis  breviore. 

K.  macrophylla ;  foliolis  3  ovato-oblongis  retusis  mucronulatis  petioli  longitu- 
dine,  stlpulis  setaceis  petiolulis  sequalibus,  racemis  multlfloris  foliorum  lon- 
gitudine. 


A  beautiful  greenhouse  twining  shrub,  introduced  by  Sir 
James  Stirling  from  Swan  River  in  New  Holland.  It  was 
raised  in  the  garden  of  Robert  Mangles,  Esq.  at  Sunning  Hill, 
from  whence  specimens  were  received  in  the  course  of  last 
summer. 

It  is  in  many  respects  so  much  like  K.  Comptoniana  as  to 
render  it  doubtful  whether  it  is  more  than  a  variety  of  that 
species.  It  appeared,  however,  to  differ  in  being  altogether 
a  more  vigorous  plant;  its  leaf-stalks  were  as  long  as  the 
leaflets  and  not  shorter  ;  the  reticulations  of  its  leaves  were 
more  coarse  ;  and  I  did  not  remark  any  tendency  to  produce 
those  linear  leaflets  which  always  accompany  the  original 
K.  Comptoniana. 

This  will  be  usually  trained  to  the  rafter  or  column  of  a 
greenhouse  ;  but  a  pretty  mode  of  managing  such  plants  is 
that,  practised  in  the  garden  of  Mrs.  Lawrence,  of  twining  the 

_t _ — — . 

*  See  folio  1421. 


stems  round  and  round  to  stakes  fixed  into  the  sides  of  the 
pot,  so  that  the  plant  is  compelled  to  grow  round  itself.  The 
result  of  this  is  the  collection  into  the  compass  of  a  bush  of 
hundreds  of  clusters  of  flowers,  which  would  otherwise  be 
scattered  over  the  roof  of  a  greenhouse,  and  too  far  removed 
from  the  eye  to  enable  the  beautiful  form  and  colour  to  be 
distinctly  seen. 


■y  -  ■'  ■^^-^■~y  ■  ij.  -  ^-uai(.iy  ^i 


1863 

TRlCHOPfLIA  tortilis. 

Twisted-petalled  Trichopilia. 

GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 
Nat.  Ord.    OrCHIDACE^,  §  VANDEiE.  ' 

TRICHOPILIA.  Lindl.  Sepala  et  petala  aequalia,  patentia,  angusta. 
Labellum  magnum,  petaloideum,  convolutum,  c.  columna  parallelum,  trilobum, 
lobo  intermedio  sub-bilobo  planiusculo ;  intus  nudum.  Columna  teres,  clavata. 
Clinandrium  cucullatum,  3-lobum,  villoso-fimbriatum.  Anthera  l-locularis, 
compressa,  antice  convexa,  Pollinia  2,  postice  sulcata,  caudicula;  tenui  cuneatse 
adhaerentia ;  glandula  minimi. — Pseudobulbi  carnosi,  vaginis  maculatis  super- 
tecti,  monophylli,  coriacei.  Floras  solitarii  axillares.  Lindl,  Natural  System 
of  Botany,  ed.  2.  p.  446. 


Trichopilia  tortilis. 

Pseudobulbi  ohlongi,  sulcati,  compressi,  vaginis  fusco-maculatis  arete 
vestiti,  aliquandb  folii  fere  longitudine.  Folia  solitaria,  oblonga,  coriacea, 
acuta,  plana,  v.  leviter  complicata.  Flores  solitarii,  axillares,  horizontales, 
sessiles.  Sepala  et  petala  cequalia,  lineari-lanceolata,  patentissima,  spira- 
liter  torta,  margine  crispatula,  fusco-lutea,  disco  latentia.  Labellum  2-poll. 
longum,  circa  colutnnam  convolutum,  album,  maculis  pluribus  magnis  in- 
cequalibus  ad  interius ;  limbo  3-lobo  intermedio  subbilobo.  Columna  cum 
ovario  contimia,  teres,  clavata,  alba;  clinandrio  cucullato  triloba;  lobis 
ascendentibus,  falcatis,  ciliato-laceris.  Anthera  compressa,  apiculata.  Pol- 
linia 2,  parva,  pyriformia,  postic^  sulcata,  caudiculd  cuneatd  inserta,  glan- 
duld  minimd  ovali.     Gynizus  excavatus,  paululum  oblique  retrorsum  versus. 


A  beautiful  and  highly  curious  plant,  introduced  from 
Mexico  in  1835,  and  communicated  in  January  last  by 
George  Barker,  Esq.  of  Springfield  near  Birmingham.  In 
many  respects  the  genus  approaches  Maxillaria,  but  differs 
in  the  column  not  being  reclinate  upon  the  ovary  and  sub- 
tended by  the  partially  united  lateral  sepals,   in  the  regular 


*   From  dpii,,  Tpi-)(6c  hair,  and  irtXtov  a  cap ;  the  anther  of  this  genus  is  con- 
cealed below  a  cap  surmounted  with  three  tufts  of  hair. 


expansion  of  botli  sepals  and  petals,  and  especially  in  the 
singular  column,  (fig.  1.)  terminated  by  three  little  plume- 
like lobes  which  unite  at  their  bases  into  a  sort  of  hood, 
that  covers  over  a  remarkably  compressed  anther  (fig.  2.). 

The  white  of  the  lip,  which  is  very  clear  and  pure,  forms 
a  brilliant  contrast  with  the  rich  blotches  of  deep  crimson 
that  ornament  the  interior  of  the  little  funnel  formed  by  the 
rolling  of  the  lip  round  the  column. 

From  the  habit  of  this  plant  it  may  be  conjectured  that  it 
will  thrive  in  the  stove,  under  the  same  treatment  as  Maxil- 
1  arias. 


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1864 

*  LYCHNIS  Bungeana. 

Bunges  Lychnis. 


DECANDRIA  PENTAGYNIA. 


Nat.  Ord.    SiLENACE^  (CARYOPHYLLEiE). 

LYCHNIS.— Supra,  vol.  Q.fol.  478. 


L.  Bimgeana  ;  calyclbus  clavatis  pedicello  bracteisque  longioribus,  petalis  incisis, 

foliis  ovatis  lanceolatisque  pubescentibus,  florlbus  solitariis. 
Lychnis  Bungeana.     Fischer  MSS. 
Agrostemma  Bungeana.     Don  in  Sweet's  Fl.  Garden,  t.  317. 


A  very  beautiful  species,  sent  to  England  last  year  by 
Dr.  Fischer  of  St.  Petersburgh.  It  is  not  quite  hardy,  suf- 
fering both  from  the  dryness  and  the  coldness  of  the  open 
air,  but  thriving  well  in  a  cool  greenhouse  or  frame,  if  fully 
exposed  to  light.  If  the  latter  point  is  not  attended  to  the 
specimens  become  weak,  and  the  brilliancy  of  the  flowers  is 
impaired. 

It  strikes  freely  from  cuttings,  and  will  soon  become  com- 
mon enough.  The  accompanying  drawing  was  made  in  the 
garden  of  the  Horticultural  Society  in  August  last. 

The  species  is  very  like  a  one-flowered  state  of  L.  fulgens. 


*  A-vyvvQ  a  lamp,  is  said  to  have  given  its  name  to  this  genus,  because  tlie 
cottony  leaves  of  some  species  were  employed  as  wicks  for  lamps. 


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1865 

*    DENDR6bIUM  macrostachyum. 

Long-spiked  Dendrohium. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDHIA. 


Nat.  ord.  ORCHiDACEiE,  §  Malaxide^. 
DENDROBIUM.— Supra,  vol.  l.fol.  548. 


D.  macrostachyum  ;  caulibus  teretibus  pendulis  flagelliformibus,  foliis  ovato- 
lanceolatis  submembranaceis,  floribus  ternatis  racemum  spurium  formantibus, 
sepalis  ovatis  acutis,  petalis  lanceolatis  sepalo  supremo  subaequalibus,  labello 
cucullato  venoso :  limbo  ovato  obtuso  ciliato  intus  pubescente.  Gen.  ^ 
Sp.  Orch.  78. 


A  native  of  Ceylon,  where  it  was  discovered  by  the  late 
Mr.  James  Macrae,  who  some  years  ago  sent  me  dried 
specimens  and  a  drawing  of  it.  Upon  the  former  I  found  a 
minute  blanched  portion  that  seemed  still  alive ;  this  was 
fastened  by  a  nail  and  shred  to  a  damp  shady  wall  in  a  stove 
in  the  garden  of  the  Horticultural  Society,  where  it  gradually 
recovered  its  green  colour  and  began  to  grow.  By  tending 
it  carefully,  and  not  feeding  it  until  it  had  recovered  the 
effects  of  its  long  fast  while  buried  between  two  sheets  of 
brown  paper  in  a  dry  chest,  it  gradually  recovered  and  grew 
into  a  plant,  the  offspring  of  which  has  been  distributed. 
From  one  of  them,  which  flowered  in  the  garden  of  Mr. 
Bateman,  the  accompanying  drawing  was  prepared  in  June 
last. 

The  species  approaches  to  D.  Pierardi,  cucullatum,  and 
pulchellum,  than  all  of  which  it  is  less  beautiful,  and  it  requires 
precisely  the  same  treatment  as  those  species. 

*  See  folio  1249. 


VOL.  XXII.  H 


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1860 

*  MANfiTTIA  cordifolia. 

Heart-leaved  Manettia. 


TETRANDRIA  MONOGyNlA. 
Nat.ord.    ClNCHONACE^. 

MANETTIA,  Muds.  Calycis  tubus  turbinatus,  limbus  partitus  in  lobos 
tot  quot  corollini  aut  dupli,  lobulis  in  sinubus  saepe  interpositis.  Corolla  infun- 
dibuliformis,  tubo  tereti,  fauce  piloso-hirsuta,  lobis  4,  rarissime  5.  AnthercB 
in  fauce  sessiles.  Capsula  ovata,  compressa,  calycinis  lobis  coronata,  ab  apice 
ad  basin  septicido  dehiscens,  raericarpiis  cymbiformibus.  Placentce  a  septo 
subexsertae.  Semina  imbricata  subsessilia  peltata,  margine  membranaceo  sae  pills 
dentato  undique  alata.  Embryo  erectus  in  albumine  carnoso ;  cotyledonibus 
foliaceis  lanceolatis. — Yievh^  per ennes,  suffruticesve.  Caules  et  rami  voliibiles, 
graciles.  Folia,  ovato-oblonga,  aut  subcordata.  Stipulse  latce,  breves,  acutcE, 
scepius  cum  peliolorum  basi  subconcretce.  Pedunculi  axillares  uni  aut  mul- 
tiflori.     DC.  prodr.  4.  362. 


M.  cordifolia  ;  caule  herbaceo  volubili  tereti  scabriusculo,  foliis  ovatis  basi  cor- 
datis  apice  acutis  utrinque  subtiliter  pubescentibus,  pedunculis  axillaribus 
1-floris.     DC.  I.  c. 

M.  cordifolia.     Mart.  spec,  rnat,  med.  bras.  p.  19.  t.  7. 


A  beautiful  hothouse  climber,  running  to  the  length  of 
four  or  five  feet,  and  clothed  with  a  profusion  of  scarlet 
trurnpet-shaped  flowers  in  the  month  of  June.  It  strikes 
freely  from  cuttings. 

It  has  already  been  so  well  described  by  Dr.  von  Martins 
that  I  have  nothing  to  add,  except  that  I  do  not  find  the 
corolla  hairy  on  the  inside  ;  the  ovules  are  arranged  in  an 
unusual  manner,  upon  cylindrical  placentae,  which  spring 
from  near  the  base  of  the  dissepiment,  (fig.  1  and  2). 


*  So  called  after   Xavier  Manetti,  a  Professor  of  Botany  at  Florence,  who 
published  a  work  on  Italian  Fruit  Trees  in  1751. 

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A  native  of  hedges  and  copses,  and  the  skirts  of  forests 
in  Brazil,  near  Villarica  and  elsewhere  in  the  Province  of 
ihe  Mines,  where  it  is  accounted  a  potent  medicine  in  cases 
of  dropsy  and  dysentery.  The  bark  of  its  root  is  powdered, 
and  administered  in  doses  from  J  to  IJ  drachm;  it  acts  as 
an  emetic. 


P^^{>y  J.  .^^;«^7i?^  m^^Mi^,  J'-u.^-.:/.  ^^rC 


1867 

*  EPIDENDRUM  armeniacum. 

Apricot-coloured  Epidendrum. 

GYNANDRIA  MONANDIUA. 
Nat.  Ord    OrCHIDACE^,  §  EpiDENDREiE. 

EPIDENDRUM.— Suprd,  vol.  1.  tab.  17. 


E.  armeniacum  ;  caulibus  teretibus,  foliis  lanceolatis  coriaceis  acutis  subplicatis, 
racemis  pedunculatis  cylindraceis  nutantibus,  sepalis  patulis  ovatis  acutis, 
petalis  setaceis,  labelli  subcucuUati  laclniis  lateralibus  rotundatis  intennedia 
ovata  acuminata :  callo  magno  oblongo  in  disco. 

Caules  erecti,  compressi,  semipedales,  foliis  3-4?;e  distantibus  in  spa- 
tham  abeuntibus  vestiti.  Racemus  "i-A  poll.  Floras  minuti  armeniaci  coloris. 
Bractese  setacece  ovario  triplb  breviores. 


A  native  of  Brazil,  where  it  was  found  in  company  with 
Grobya  Amherstige,  figured  at  fol.  1740  of  this  work.  It 
was  first  seen  in  England  in  flower  in  the  year  1835,  at  one 
of  those  splendid  exhibitions  in  the  Garden  of  the  Horticul- 
tural Society,  which  attest  more  strongly  than  even  the 
country  residences  of  our  nobility  and  gentry,  the  skill  and 
perseverance  of  English  gardeners.  There,  in  the  midst  of 
the  dazzling  scarlet  or  pink  of  various  kinds  of  Cacti,  and 
surrounded  by  the  brilliant  plumes  of  Chinese  Azalea  flowers, 
that  weighed  down  their  graceful  branches,  which  really 
seemed  as  if  they  were  proud  of  their  lovely  burthen,  from  a 
basket  of  humble  moss,  a  little  tuft  of  stems  of  this  species  was 
seen  to  rear  its  modest  head,  as  if  in  hopelessness  of  attracting 
notice  in  so  gay  a  company.  The  neatness  however  of  its  tiny 
flowers,  the  pleasing  tint  of  its  apricot-coloured  petals,  the  ele- 
gant form  of  their  slightly  nodding  or  even  drooping  clusters, 
and  the  novelty  of  their  form  in  so  well  known  a  genus  as 


*  See  folio  1415. 


Epidendrum,  arrested  the  curious  observer,  who  soon  found 
the  symmetry  and  simple  elegance  of  the  little  blossoms  of 
Epidendrum  armeniacum  compensate  for  the  absence  of 
those  more  obvious  beauties  that  adorned  its  gaudier  rivals. 

It  is  a  stove  plant,  increasing  readily  by  division  of  its 
tufted  stems,  like  E.  elongatum,  and  the  kindred  of  that 
common  species.  It  was  imported  by  Messrs.  Rollissons  of 
Tooting,  to  whom  I  was  indebted  for  a  specimen  in  the  month 
of  June. 

Fig.  1,  is  a  profile  view  of  the  lip,  with  its  column; 
Fig.  2,  is  the  lip  cut  from  the  column,  and  viewed  from 
above,  with  the  great  callus  that  occupies  its  middle;  Fig.  3, 
represents  the  pollen  masses,  with  their  powdery  reflexed 
caudicle. 


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1868 

*  CRAXilGUS  prunif61ia. 
Plum-leaved  Thorn. 


ISOCANDRIA   DI-PENTAGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  §  Pome^. 
CRATAEGUS.— Supra,  vol.  13.  foL  1128. 


C.  prunifolia;  foliis  oblongis   inaequaliter  serratis  glabriusculis,  spinis  medio- 

cribus  rectis,  pedunculis  villosis,  fructibus  oblongis  dipyrenis. 
C.  prunifolia.     Bosc.  in  DC.  prodr.  2.  627. 
Mespilus  prunifolia.     Poir.  Diet.  4.  443. 


Apparently  a  distinct  species  of  Thorn  in  the  way  of 
C.  crus-gaili  ovalifolia,  from  which  it  is  readily  known  by 
its  shaggy  flower-stalks,  and  its  less  pear-shaped  fruits,  each 
of  which  contains  2  instead  of  3  stones. 

Its  mode  of  growth  is  very  much  that  of  the  broad-leaved 
Crataegus  Crus  Galli,  but  it  is  a  taller  tree,  with  a  richer 
green  in  the  summer,  and  a  deeper  tint  of  crimson  in  its 
autumnal  leaves.     It  does  not  lose  its  leaves  till  late. 

Said  to  be  a  native  of  North  America. 


*  Seefol.  1161. 


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1869 

*  HYACINTHUS  spicatus. 

Spike-jiowered  Hyacinth. 


HEXANDRIA  MONOGYi^lA. 

Nat.  ord.  Liliace^. 

HYACINTH  US. Suprd,  vol.  5.  fol.  398. 


H.  spicatus ;  coroUis    campanulatis    semisexfidis  spicatis,  staminibus  membra- 
naceis.     Smith  prodr.Ji.  Gr.  1.237. 

Folia  linearia,  debilia,  humifusa,  6  poll,  circiter  longa,  Icete  viridia. 
Scapus  erectus,  nudus,  2  poll,  longus,  spicam  gerens  brevem  densam  subova- 
tamS-9-Jioram.  Bractese  membranacece,  diaphance,  cuique fieri  duce,inaquales, 
opposifcE,  semisagittatce,  subdentatce.  Perianthium  campanulatum,  semisex- 
fidum,  laciniis  patentibus,  apice  revolutis,  lacteis,  per  axin  cceruleis.  Fila- 
menta  membranacea,  3-dentata,  dente  medio  antherifero,  inter  se  et  cum 
tubo  perianthii  connata.  Antherae  atrocoerulecE  sessiles  in  fauce  tubi.  Ova- 
rium 5M6ro^MwrfM7rt,  ovulis  aliquot  teretibus  a  placenta  centrali  radiantibus. 


Ripe  seeds  of  this  plant  were  gathered  in  April,  1826, 
in  the  island  of  Zante,  by  H.  F.  Talbot,  Esq.  and  were 
raised  in  his  garden  at  Lacock  Abbey,  Wilts,  whence  a 
drawing  and  specimen  were  communicated  to  me  in  February 
last. 


*  'YafCivSoe,  a  name  adopted  from  the  ancient  Greeks,  who  applied  it  to  the 
flower  supposed  to  have  sprung  from  the  blood  of  Hyacinthus,  the  favourite  of 
Apollo,  when  accidentally  slain.  Great  differences  have  arisen  amongst  commen- 
tators concerning  the  plant  of  the  ancients,  which  we  cannot  presume  to  settle, 
but  there  seems  no  paramount  authority  for  the  present  application  of  the  name 
in  question. — Smith.  Linnaeus  supposes  it  to  have  been  the  wild  Larkspur, 
Sprengel  the  common  Gladiolus  or  Cornjlag,  Martyn  and  Fee  the  Martagon 
Lily,  while  others  have  endeavoured  to  shew  that  the  Hyacinths  of  the  Greeks 
were  the  same  as  the  Vaccinia  nigra  of  Virgil,  or  the  bilberries  of  the  English, 
the  Vaccinium  Myrtillus  of  Botanists. 


Mr.  Talbot  considers  it  to  be  the  rare  and  little  known 
H.  spicatus  of  Smith,  which  Dr.  Sibthorp  also  gathered  in 
the  island  of  Zante,  where  it  is  said  to  be  called  BorboL 
As  a  species  it  is  well  marked  by  its  crow^ned  sessile  half  erect 
flowers,  and  the  double  membranous  bracts  that  subtend  it. 
These  are  unequal,  attached  as  it  were  by  one  edge,  and 
slightly  toothed ;  they  are  correctly  represented  at  fig.  2. 
Fig.  1,  shews  the  structure  of  the  perianth  when  cut  open. 


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1870 

*  EPIDEiNDRUM  clavatum. 

Cluh-stfmmed  Mpidendrum. 

GYNANDRIA  MOJV^A'DR/.l. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Epidendre^. 
EPIDENDRUM.—Siiprd,  vol.  l.fol.  17. 


E.  clavaUun  ;  caule  clavato  in  pseudobulbum  ovale  desinente  diphyllo,  foliis 
lanceolatis  patulis,  racemo  simplici  subffiquali,  bracteis  ovatis  canaliculatis 
acutis  ovarlis  inferioribus  duplo  brevioribus,  sepalis  petalisque  lanceolato- 
linearibus  cequaliter  patentibus,  columna  clavata,,  labelli  tripartitl  basi  bical- 
losi  lacinlis  lateralibus  ovatis  subfalcatis  margine  posteriore  denticukto  : 
intermedia  unguiculata  lamina  ovata  acuminata. 

Caules  vetusti  duri,  clavati,  subarticulati,  erecti,  in  pseudobulbum  ovale 
desinentes^vesligiis  follorum  vayinantium  vestiti,  diphylli,  foliis  lanceolatis, 
patulis,  coriaceis.  Pedicelli  Jlorum  inferiorum  elongati  sed  non  corymbosi. 
Ovaria  Jiliformia.  Sepala  et  petala  viridia  fere  unciani  -longa,  angusta. 
Columna  virens.     Labelli  lamina  nivea. 


Found  in  August,  1834,  near  Cumana.  Communicated 
to  this  work  in  July,  1835,  by  the  late  Lord  Grey  of  Groby. 
It  is  not  a  pretty  species,  but  it  is  very  distinct  from  any 
previously  described,  and  is  remarkable  for  its  stems  being 
dilated  at  the  upper  en.d,  like  some  of  the  species  of  Den- 
drobium. 

The  station  of  the  plant  will  be  near  Epidendrum  concolor. 
It  Mas  procured  by  Mr.  John  Henchman  for  Messrs.  Lowe 
and  Co.  of  Clapton,  by  whom  it  was  introduced  along  with 
Trichopilia  tortilis  and  Mormodes  atropurpurea. 


*  See  fvl.  1415. 


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^lUr  iy  J.  ■JUdfway  /6ff  i&Mz<My  Juma.  /.  fir  J  6 . 


1871 

*  MAXILLARIA  aromatica. 

Aromatic  Maxillaria. 

GYNANDRIA    MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  ^  Vande^. 
MAXILLARIA.— Supra,  vol.  U.fol.  897. 


M.  aromatica  ;  pseudobulbis  ovatis  compressis,  foliis  pluribus  oblongo-lanceo- 
latls  plicatis  scapis  unifloris  erectis  longioribus,  sepalis  ovato-oblongis 
petalisque  conformibus  acutis.  labelli  semicyhndracei  laciniis  lateralibus  por- 
rectis  subulatis ;  intermedia  bilabiata !  labio  superiore  truncate  nano  Infe- 
riore  spathulato  apice  recurvo  serrulate.      Gen.  &;  Sp.  Orch.pl.  p.  146. 

M.  aromatica.     Graham  in  Hooker's  Exot.Jl.  219. 

Colax  aromaticus.     Spreng.  cur.  post.  307. 


A  fragrant  stove  plant,  breathing  cinnamon  and  sweet 
spices,  found  in  Mexico,  whence  it  was  sent  by  Lord  Napier  to 
the  Botanic  Garden,  Edinburgh,  previous  to  the  year  1826. 
The  species  is  now  not  uncommon  in  good  collections, 
flowering  abundantly  in  the  month  of  May. 

The  callosity  of  the  disk  of  the  lip  of  Orchideous  plants, 
which  sometimes  appears  in  the  form  of  lamellae,  following  the 
course  of  the  veins,  and  sometimes  is  a  thick  tubercle,  in  the 
present  species  is  a  truncated  plate,  occupying  the  base  of  the 
middle  segment  of  the  lip,  and  looking  like  the  half  of  a 
petal  laid  over  the  true  lip.  What  is  the  real  nature  of  this 
truncated  plate? 


*   See  folio  I4'28. 


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1872 

*  CRYBE  rosea. 
Pink-Jlowered    Cry  be. 


GYNANDRIA    MONANDRIA. 


Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Arethuse^. 

CR  YBE,  Lindl.  Sepala  et  petala  similla,  lanceolata,  conniventia  ;  late- 
ralibus  basi  obliquis.  Labellum  multo  majus,  membranaceum,  cucullatum,  nun- 
quam  expansum,  cum  columna  clavata  marginata  semi-connatum.  Lindl.  Nat. 
Syst.  of  Botany,  ed.  2.  p.  446. 


Crybe  rosea. 

Pseudobulbi  subrotundi,  virides,  leviter  angulati.  Folia  ex  apice  erum- 
penlia,  lanceolata,  plicata,  subterna,  IcBte  viridia,  pedalia.  Spica  3-4-Jlora, 
scapo  laterali,  basi  purpureo,  squamis  circiter  3  distantibus  vaginati.  Flores 
penduli,  ovario  brevi,  arcuate,  bracted  subulato-ovatd  3-plb  longiore.  Flores 
fere  2  pollices  longi,  clavati,  nunquam  expandentes.  Sepala  cBqualia,  obovato- 
lanceolata,  basi  adhcBrentia^pallide  viridia,  apice  purpureo-maculata.  Petala 
subcequalia,  subalba,  purpureo  tincta,  membranacea.  Labellum  longius,  ob- 
ovatum,  acutum,  atropurpureum,  marginibus  plicato-crispis  infiexis,  basi  cum 
columna  semiadnatum.  Columna  clavata,  basi  teres,  ultra  insertionem  la- 
belli  marginata,  paulo  supra  labellum  bidentata,  apice  paululum  cucullata. 
Anthera  terminalis,  opercularis,  polline  granulari. 


A  native  of  Mexico,  whence  it  was  imported  by  Messrs. 
Loddiges,  in  whose  stove  it  blossomed  in  June  last. 

This  plant  is  remarkable  for  never  expanding  its  singular 
club-shaped  flowers,  which  always  remain  as  much  closed  as 
is  represented  in  the  accompanying  figure,  the  edges  of  the 
lip  turning  inwards,  and  forming  a  sort  of  dish  at  the  end 
of  the  flower. 

The  genus  is  nearly  allied  to  the  North  American  Are- 
thusas,  from  which  the  adhesion  of  its  labellum  to  the  base  of 


*   From   tcpvTTTU)  to   conceal,  whence  Kpyfielg  concealed,  in   allusion  to  the 
manner  in  which  the  column  is  hidden  by  the  floral  envelopes. 


the  column  sufficiently  distinguishes  it,  independently  of  the 
remarkably  property  of  always  keeping  its  flowers  closed, 

A  stove  plant,  requiring  the  same  management  as  the 
common  Bletia  verecunda,  and  the  like. 


/S^3. 


LoA^y.  c^.  .^i^^y  ^^.  ■9^ii<^tuni^  /t^jj/  i'lcaut^ 


1873 

*  KERRIA  japonica, 
Japan  Kerria. 


ICOSANDRIA  DI-VE^TAGYKIA. 

Nat.  ord.  RosACEiE,  §  SpiR^EiE, 

KERRIA,  DC.  Calyx  5-ficlus,  lobis  ovatis,  3  obtusls,  2  apice  calloso- 
mncronatis,  aestivatione  imbricatis.  Petala  5,  orbiculata.  Stamina  circiter  20, 
cum  petalis  e  calyce  exserta.      Carpella  5-8  libera,  glabra,  stylo  filiforml  superata, 

globosa,  ovulo  1  lateraliter  adhserente  fceta. SufFrutex,  cortice   l(Bvi  vires- 

cente,  ramis  virgatis,  foliis  ovato-laaceolatis  grosse  et  incsqualiter  serratis 
penninerviis  conduplicatis,  stipulis  lineari-subulatis,  floiibus  Jiavis  facile 
plenis.     Prodr.  2.  541. 


Kerria  Japonica.     DC.  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  Lond.  12.  156. 

Corchorus  Japonicus.      Thunb.  fl.jap.221 .     Bot.  Rep.  t.  5S7.     Bot.  Mag.  t. 
1296.  with  double  flowers. 


This  plant,  in  the  state  when  it  bears  double  flowers,  is 
one  of  the  commonest  shrubs  in  our  gardens.  It  was 
Supposed  to  be  a  species  of  Corchorus  until  Professor 
De  CandoUe  investigated  its  affinities,  and  decided  that  it 
was  to  Rubus  and  Spiraea  that  the  plant  was  really  allied, 
and  not  to  any  Tiliaceous  genus. 

The  correctness  of  this  opinion  has  been  fully  proved  by 
the  single-flowered  plant,  now  represented,  for  wliicli  the 
country  is  indebted  to  John  Reeves,  Esq.  It  was  imported 
by  him  two  or  three  years  back,  and  now  exists  in  several 
collections.  The  accompanying  figure  was  made  last  Sep- 
tember in  the  garden  of  the  Horticulturtd  Society. 


*  Named  in  compliment  to  IVIr.  William  Ker,  a  botanical  collector  sent  from 
Kew  to  China. 

VOL.  XXII.  I 


It  did  not  produce  any  fruit,  but  the  carpels  remained 
a  long  while  upon  the  flower-stalk  before  they  fell  off.  It  is 
probable  that  its  nearest  affinity  will  be  found  to  be  with 
Neillia. 


.a^ 


<'--^  ^.  ^^.^au/tu/  /f^Mcca<.^ik^  Jci^-7.  /tfS^ 


1874 

CRATAEGUS  platyphylla. 

Broad-leaved  Thorn. 


ICOSANDRIA  DI-PENTAGYNIA. 


Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  §  Pomf,^. 
CRATMGUS.— Supra,  vol.  \3.  fol.  1128. 


C.  platyphylla ;  foliis  pinnatifidis  basi  truncatis  cuneatisque  lacinils  apice  serratis 
subtus  ramulisque  pubescentlbus,  stipulis  semicordatis  dentatis  integrisque, 
cymis  villosis,  pomis  oblongis  nigris  pubescentibus  tripyrenis,  laciniis  calycis 
erectis  integris. 

C.  platyphylla.     Supra,  fol.  1128.  in  textu. 

C.  fissa.     Hort.  nee  Boscii. 


Certainly  in  foliage  and  elegance  of  general  appearance 
this  is  the  handsomest  of  the  European  Hawthorns.  It  grows 
like  an  exceedingly  vigorous  Oxyacantha,  spreading  its  grace- 
fully bending  arms  on  all  sides ;  its  leaves  are  a  deep  rich 
green,  it  is  loaded  with  large  masses  of  snow-white  blossoms 
long  after  the  common  hawthorn  is  flowerless,  and  it  retains  its 
vigour  till  late  in  the  autumn,  so  that  the  rich  colour  of  its 
blackish  purple  fruit  is  not  impaired  in  effect  by  the  fading 
tints  of  the  foliage. 

That  this  is  some  European  or  North-Asiatic  plant,  can- 
not well  be  doubted,  and  yet  it  is  not  to  be  traced  in  books, 
unless  it  is  the  Cr.  melanocarpa  of  Bieberstein ;    but    that 


*   See  folio  llGl. 

I  2 


plant,  whicli  is  a  native  of  the  Crimea,  is  described  as  having 
trifid  leaves,  reflexed  calycine  segments,  and  five  stones  in 
each  haw.  I  therefore  presume  that  it  must  be  different 
from  this  which  has  only  three  stones. 

The  drawing  was  made  last   October  in  the  garden  of 
the  Horticultural  Society. 


/dys. 


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J':'9VaJtf.^. 


1875 

*  BIFRENARIA  auiantiaca. 
Orange-coloured  Bifrenaria. 


GYNANDRIA   MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Vande^. 

BIFRENARIA,  Lindl.  Sepala  patula,  libera,  subaqualia ;  lateralia 
cum  basi  producta  columnae  connata  vix  basi  obliqua,  Petala  scpalis  duplo 
minora.  Labellum  cum  pede  mucronato  columnse  articulatum,  cucuUatum,  tri- 
lobum,  medio  callosum.  Columna  brevis,  semiteres,  mutica.  Anthera  mutica, 
subcristata.       Pollinia    4,  per  paria    incumbentia,  caudiculis  duabus   distinctis 

materiel  viscidae  rostelli  adhaerentibus,  glandula  (oblonga). Epiphytapsewrfo- 

bulbosa,  Maxillarice  (Colacis}  habitu.     Ge?i.  et  Sp.  Orch.  152. 


B.  aurantiaca ;  pseudobulbis  subrotundis  compressls  dlphyllis,  foliis  oblongis 
plicatis  racemi  erecti  longitudine,  petalis  erectis,  labelli  lobis  lateralibus  semi- 
cordatis  intermedio  transverso  ovali  subundulato  basi  bicalloso,  columna 
pubescente. 

Perianthium  bilahiatum.  Petala  obovata,  rotundata,  crenata,  erecta, 
cum  sepalo  supremo  oblongo  acuto  labium  supremum  formantia.  Sepala 
lateralia  ovata,  obtusa,  supra  pubescentia,  patentia,  basi  obliqica,  supremo 
duplo  latiora,  Labellum  cum  columricB  pede  producto  articulatum,  tmguicu- 
latu7n ;  unguis  cuneatus,  carnosissimus,  limbi  longitudine,  callo  transverso 
truncato  ad  apiceni  ubi  in  limbum  abit ;  limbus  tripartitus  lacinid  intermedia 
transversd  apiculatd  indivisd  subundulatd,  lateralibus  erectis  semicordatis, 
obtusis  utrdque  Jiexurd  elevatd  baseos  callum  mentiente.  Columna  semiteres, 
pubescens,  clinandrii  dorso  acuminato.  i^nthera  triangularis :  angulis  pilosis, 
lateralibus  productioribus.  Pollinia  2,  biloba,  caudiculis  totidem  glandulae 
communi  adhaerentibus. 


A  pretty  epiphyte,  native  of  Demerara.  For  the  oppor- 
tunity of  publishing  it  I  am  indebted  to  his  Grace  the  Duke 
of  Devonshire,  in  whose  hot-house  at  Chiswick  it  flowered 
in  October,  1835. 


*  So  named  in  allusion  to  the  double  strap  or  frsenum  that  connects  the 
pollen  masses  with  their  gland. 


The  colours  of  the  flowers  being  deep  orange-yellow, 
mottled  with  deep  brown  spots,  the  aspect  of  this  species 
is  rather  handsome.  Fig.  1.  represents  the  appearance  of 
tlie  lip  separated  from  the  column,  and  especially  of  the 
double  callus  at  the  base  of  its  middle  lobe.  Fig.  2.  shews 
the  face  of  the  column  with  the  bases  of  the  sepals  and  petals. 
Fig.  3.  is  a  view  of  the  double  strap,  connecting  the  pollen 
masses  to  the  gland.  Fig.  4.  shews  the  anther  removed  from 
the  column,  and  viewed  in  front. 


y'u^-ly  J.  iifiuiiftA'a^ /ffj i'i^u.Mu/u^  „'     ,     ^ 


1876 

*imS  alata. 
Small-winged  Iris. 


TRIANDRIA   MO^OGYNIA. 


Nat.  ord.  IniDACEiE. 
fRIS.—Suprd,  vol.  3.  fol.  246. 


1.  alata ;  imbetbis,  acaulis,  foliis  ensiformibus,  corollce  tubo  longissimo  laciniis 
interioribus  minimis,  styli  laciniis  obtusis  undulatis  lacinias  exteiiores  a;quan- 
tibus.     Dietr.  Sp.  pi.  2.  436. 

I.  alata.     Poir.  iter.  2.  86.  Bivonapl.  sic.  cent.  I.  p.  44. 

I.  scorpioides.     Desf.fl.  atl.  I.  p.  40.  t.  6. 

I.  microptera.      Vahl.  enum.  2.  142. 

I.  transtagana.      Brot.fi.  lusit.  p.  52. 

Juno  scorpioides.      Trattin.  tabul.  no.  652. 

Iris  bulbosa  latifolia  1.      Chis.  hist,  plant,  rar.  p.  210. 

VoWa.  i)laniuscula,  carinata,  lorata,  acuminata,  nulla  modo  equitantia, 
pedem  et  ultra  longa,  jjagind  superiore  lucidd  tactu  molli,  inferiore  opacd, 
margine  minutissimc  cartilagineo-scrrulata.  Flos  e  sinu  foUorimi  solitarius, 
Usque  mullo  brevior,  e  spathis  duabus  magnis  membranaceis  subJierbaceis 
erumpens ;  ovario  hyjiogeeo,  basibus  foliorum,  Croci  modo,  tecto.  Tubus 
floris  6-poll.  longus,  et  ultra,  apice  Icetissime  purpureus ;  laciniae  calycinae 
oblongo-spatulatcE,  margine  crenato-iindulatce,  ascendentes,  recurvcE,  glaber- 
rimcB,  lined  elevatd  disci  intense  luted,  cceterum  ayncene  purpureo-violacecB 
maculate ;  laciniae  corollinsD  spathulatce,  basi  valdc  angustatce,  limbo  coch- 
leato  crispato,  calycinis  triplh  breviores,  rectcB,  divaricatce.  Stamina  calycinis 
opposita.  Stigmata  apice  biloba,  laciniis  dimidialis,  acuminatis,  laceris. 
Odor  fiorum  gratus  inter  hyacinthinum  et  sambucinum. 


Found  by  Desfontaines  in  moist  places  near  Algiers, 
flowering  in  the  winter.  According  to  Bivona,  a  native  of 
sterile  meadows  and  rocks  in  Sicily ;  Clusius  speaks  of  it  as 
a  common  })lant  in  Portugal  and  Spain  at  the  foot  of  hills, 


*   See  folio  14Q4.~ 


especially    about    Antequcra    and    Cordova,    flowering    in 
January  and  February. 

It  produces  its  blossoms  in  this  country  a  little  later; 
my  specimens  were  obligingly  communicated  by  the  Honour- 
able W.  F.  Strangways,  from  the  garden  of  the  Dowager 
Countess  of  Ilchester,  at  Aljbotsbury  in  Dorsetshire,  where 
the  plant  was  growing  in  a  terrace  border,  with  no  more  pro- 
tection than  a  mat-screen  would  afford.  Its  flowers  have  a 
pleasant  smell,  between  that  of  the  Hyacinth  and  the  Elder. 


^iJ/-  Vy    J.  a'da^JrtlU  /SO  ^MCUiuty  ^ajy 


1877 

*  CRATAEGUS  pyrilblia. 
Pear-leaved  Thorn. 


ICOSANDRIA  DI-PENTAGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Rosace.^,  §  PoMEiE. 
CRATMGUS.—Suprd,  vol.  13. foL  1128. 


C  pyrifolia;  foliis  ovato-ellipticis  inciso-serratis  plicatis  pedunculis  juniorum 
ramulisque  hirsutis,  calycibus  hlrsutis  lacinlis  glanduloso-serratis,  fructibus 
glabris  pendulis  pyriformibus  3-pyreiiis  lacinlis  calycinis  reflexis. 

C.  pyrifolia.  Hort.  Kew.  2.  168.  Be  Cand.  Prodr.  2.  627.  Loudons  arbor, 
britann.  t.  xxxi.  B.  b. 


One  of  the  largest  leaved  species  of  this  genus,  with  a 
good  deal  of  beauty  in  the  spring,  when  the  leaves  are  green 
and  the  branches  loaded  with  flowers,  but  less  valuable  as  an 
ornament  of  autumn  scenery,  because  although  the  tints  of 
the  orange-coloured  fruit  and  of  the  foliage  are  pleasing,  yet 
the  tree  has  an  open  inelegant  head,  and  the  leaves  drop  off 
while  the  fruit  remains  behind  adhering  to  the  branches. 

It  is  immediately  known  from  all  the  remainder  of  the 
species  by  the  strong  plaits,  which  give  the  leaves  something 
the  appearance  of  being  furrowed  from  the  midrib  towards 
the  margin,  A  native  of  rocky  woods  in  North  America, 
from  Pennsylvania  to  Carolina,  flowering  in  June.  The 
drawing  was  made  in  the  garden  of  the  Horticultural 
Society. 


#  See  folio  1161. 


/^/^. 


i,t/  J    tlu/^j^  /ff^^icca^^  J?z^./.  f(f3&- 


.--  <^fa^tr.Jlo. 


1878 

*  SCILLA  Cupaniaiia. 

Cupanis  Squill. 


HEXANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Liliace^,  §  Scille^. 
SCILLA.— Supra,  vol.  16.  fol.  1355. 


S.  Ciqmniana  ;  foliis  lanceolatis  planis  brevissime  densissimeque  ciliatis,  coiymbo 
paucifloro,  capsulls  rostratls.      Romer  et  Schult.  Sp.pl.  7.  559. 

S.  Cupaiiiana.      Gusson.  prodr.Jl.  Sic.  I.  416. 

S.  fistulosd.     Rajincsque. 

Ornithogaluni  coeruleum.     Rafinesq.  Caratt.  85. 

Hyacinthus  stellatus  coeruleus  umbellatus  latifolius.  Cupani  pamph.  sic.  vol.  1 . 
t.20. 


Communicated  by  Henry  Fox  Talbot,  Esq.  from  the 
garden  at  Lacock  Abbey.  The  bulbs  were  sent  by  the  Hon. 
William  Strangways  from  Sicily,  where  they  are  found  wild 
near  Villafrata,  Ogliastro,  and  Castrogiovanni. 

A  hardy  bulb,  of  great  rarity  in  this  country,  flowering 
in  June.  Its  bright  blue  pistil  contrasts  in  a  remarkable 
manner  with  the  dull  purple  of  the  remainder  of  the  flower. 
It  is  very  near  the  Scilla,  erroneously  called  peruviana,  which 
is  also  a  Sicilian  plant,  but  is  altogether  much  smaller.  1 
find  the  leaves  edged  with  a  broken  cartilaginous  margin, 
rather  than  ciliated  as  Gussone  is  represented  to  describe 
them. 


*  Scclolio  1355. 


'^rf-/tfc.,a^ 


■'ityC'ify  .y.  <:'Uiurwa^/  /f^  ,ytcccuzui<^  ^nitf .  /■  /^S^. 


v>^'^< 


1879 

*EPIDENDRUM  bifidum. 

Hare-  lipped  Epidendrum . 


GYNANDRIA    MON ANURIA. 


Nat.  ord.  Orchidaces,  §  Epidendre^. 
EPIDENDRUM.— Snpr a,  vol.  \.fol.  17. 


E,  hifidum ;  foliis  in  pseudobulbos  subternis  lanceolatis,  scapo  ramoso  folils 
multo  longiore,  sepalis  oblongis  acutis  petalisque  lanceolatis  patentibus,  la- 
belli  cuneati  lobis  lateralibus  ovatis  :  intermedio  inaxiino  apice  dilatato  sub- 
reniformi  sulcatobasi  in  disco  biappendiculato  (a  columna  fere  libero).  Gen. 
et  Sp.  Orch.pl.  100. 

Helleborine  florc  papilionaceo.     Plum.  sp.9.  ic.  186,  y.  1. 

Epidendrum  bifidum.  Aubl.  guian.  p.  824.  Sivartz  Fl.  Ind.  Occ  3.  1489. 
Willd.  Sp.pl.  no.  3.     Redout.  Liliac.  84. 

E.  papilionaceum.     West.  St.  Cruc.  p.  230.  sec.  Willd. 


In  this  state  E.  bifidum  appeared  when,  in  July,  1835,  a 
specimen  was  communicated  to  me  by  Messrs.  Loddiges.  It 
was  then  very  pretty,  on  account  of  the  beautiful  veining  of 
its  lip ;  but  it  cannot  have  been  any  thing  like  so  handsome 
as  Swartz  describes  it  to  be,  with  all  the  divisions  of  the 
flower  bright  purple,  and  a  flowering  stem  three  feet  high 
and  branching. 

It  is  a  very  remarkable  and  distinct  species,  with  a  pecu- 
liar slit  lip,  by  which  it  is  readily  known  from  all,  except 
E.  auropurpureum,  a  kind  that  appears  to  be  very  nearly 
related  to  it. 

\i  is  described  as  found  upon  branches  of  trees  in  the 
West  India  islands,  especially  St.  Christophers,  St.  Bartho- 
lomews, and  Santa  Cruz.  The  Messrs.  Loddiges  had  it 
from  Tortola ;  Aublet  found  it  in  Cayenne. 

*  See  folio  1415. 


/'ciSO: 


•^ <?<£-.  C^. 


^u^-i^  J.  ^^«^  /^  ia-:««t&i^  j:j,,./.^'j6. 


Jy'-^i<:^. 


1880 

*  GODETIA  vinosa. 

Wine-stained  Godetia. 


OCTANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 
Nat.  ord.  Onagrace^. 
GODETIA.— Supra,  vol.  12.  fol.  1849. 


G.  vinosa  ;  erecta,  foliis  lineari-oblongis  subdentatis  glabris,  petalis  subrotundo- 
cuneatis  undulatis  imitiaculatis,  staminibus  alternis  minoribus,  antheris  phce- 
nicejs  apice  luteis  cassis,  stigmatibus  pallidis,  calycis  tubo  laciniis  triplo 
breviore,  seminibus  atrofuscis  unicoloribus. 

^wwwa,  G.  rublcundae  valdt  ajffinis ;  sequentihus  tamen  nofis  diversa 
videtur.  Petala  pallida  sunt,  et  paululum  minora,  colore  vinoso  levissime 
suffusa.  Tubus  calycis  vix  partetn  tertiam  limbi  cequat,  in  G.  ruhictinda 
dimidiam.  Apex  cassus  antherarum  brevior  est  quavi  in  G.  ruhicunda. 
Semina  atrofusca  sunt  et  minora,  nee  cinereo  fuscoque  nebulosa.  Demum 
planta  tota  habitu  graciliori  gaudet. 


The  last  of  the  new  Californian  Godetias  introduced  by 
the  Horticultural  Society.  It  is  in  technical  characters  much 
like  G.  ruhicunda,  but  is  a  very  dift'erent  looking  plant. 
They  may  be  distinguished  thus : 


G.  ruhicunda. 

Calyx  with  its  tube  half  as  long 
as  the  limb,  or  more. 

Petals    a  uniform    purple,  with 
an  orange-red  eye. 

Anthers    orange-red,    the  empty 
end  bright  yellow. 

Seeds  clouded  with  ash  coloured 
and  brown. 


G.  vinosa. 

Calyx  with    its    tube  not  more 
than  one-third  the  length  of  the  limb. 

Petals     nearly    white,    with    a 
slight  dash  of  purple. 

Anthers  deep  crimson,  the  empty 
end  nearly  white. 

Seeds   a  uniform    dark    brown, 
and  much  smaller. 


It  is  a  hardy  annual,  flowering  in  July  and  August. 


See  folio  1849. 


NOTE. 

Mr.  Spacli  has  published,  in  the  Nouvelles  Annales  du  Museum,  Vol.  4. 
what  he  no  doubt  considers  an  answer  to  some  of  the  criticisms  that  his  perform- 
ances among  Onagraceae  have  called  forth.  As  a  specimen  of  his  style  of  con- 
ductlno-  an  argument  let  the  reader  take  the  following.  He  complains  that  his 
genus  Boisduvalla  is  stated  by  me  not  to  have  a  fringed  chalaza,  as  if  he  had 
said  that  it  had  one,  and  he  denies  that  he  ever  did  state  this,  (Boisduvaliarum 
semina  fimbriata  esse  nuUibi  diximus.)  Now  it  is  true  that  in  the  character  of 
Boisduvalia  this  is  not  mentioned,  but  on  the  other  hand  the  main  character  of 
the  subsection  Dermospermae,  in  which  that  genus  is  stationed,  depends  upon 
"  semina  ad  chalazam  margine  membranaceo  aucta."  I  was  not  before  aware 
that  Mr,  Spach  did  not  consider  it  necessary  for  his  genera  (!)  to  agree  in  cha- 
racter with  the  sections  under  which  they  arc  stationed. 


^u/^^  J'.  .^ii^^uA^  ?6^  ^ucaui!a^  jtiJ^././(yju. 


y.0^<z^./c. 


1881 

*EPIDENDRUM  Skinneri. 
Mr.  Skinner  s  Epidendrum. 


GYNANDRIA  MONAlSlDRIA. 


Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Epidendre^. 
EPIDENDRUM.— Supril,  vol.  l.fol.  17. 


E.  Skinnei-i ;  foliis  distichis  lanceolatis  acuminatis,  caule  aplce  longe  aphyllo 
squamoso,  racemo  cylindraceo  multifloro,  floribus  cernuls,  sepalis  lineari- 
lanceolatis,  petalis  ovalibus  acutis,  labello  ovato  acurninato  integerrimo  basi 
callo  sulcato  cristato. 

E.  Skinneri.     Batemans  MSS. 

Caulis  erectus,  teres,  distiche  foliosus,  apice  aphyllus  vaginatus.  Folia 
5  poll,  longa.  Bracteae  lineari-lanceolatce,  jjedicellis  capillaribus  paulh  bre- 
vioribus.  Flores  pallide  purpurei,  1  \  poll.  lati.  Labellum  cum  columnd 
semiconnatum,  concavum,  basi  luteum,  cuniculatum. 


For  this  beautiful  species  of  Epidendrum  I  am  obliged 
to  James  Bateman,  Esq.  jun.  in  whose  hot-house  at  Kny- 
persley  it  flowered  last  January.  He  states,  "  that  it  was 
sent  to  him  in  the  summer  of  1835,  from  the  neighbourhood 
of  Guatemala,  by  his  most  excellent  friend  G.  U.  Skinner, 
Esq.,  to  whose  enthusiasm  in  the  cause  of  science  he  is 
already  indebted  for  many  new  and  interesting  plants.  Ep. 
Skinneri  is  among  the  most  free-flowering  of  its  tribe ; 
every  one  of  its  shoots,  both  great  and  small,  having  been 
invariably  succeeded  by  a  spike  of  flowers." 

The  perfect  state  of  the  specimens,  so  short  a  time  after 
the  importation  of  the  species,  attests  the  skill  of  Mr.  P.  N. 


*  See  fol.  1415. 
VOL.    XXII.  K 


Don,  Mr.  Bateman's  gardener,  in  the  management  of  these 
curious  plants. 

The  species  is  in  the  way  of  E.  elo7igatum,  and  I  presume 
requires  the  same  management  as  that  plant.  I  have  also 
received  it  from  Messrs.  Loddiges. 


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18H2 

*  APTOSIMUM  depiessum. 

Depressed  Ap  tosimum . 


DIDYNAMIA    A'NGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat.  ord.  ScROPiiULARrACE.E. 

APTOSIMUM,  Burchell. — Calyx  cainpanulatus ,  semi  5-Jidus,  basi 
bibracteatus.  Corolla  tuho  basi  contracto,  extra  calycem  amplo,  limbo  5-Jido, 
subbilabiato,  laclniis  rotundatis  planis  subcEqualibus.  Stamina  didynama, 
declinata.  Antherae  extnsvillosce,  subbiloculares,  loculis  confluentibus,rimd 
unicd  transversali  dehiscentibus,  staminum  superiorum  minoribus,  scape 
cassis.  Stylus  simplex,  stigmate  brevissime  bilobo.  Capsula  brevis,  basi 
subglobosa,  apice  compressa,  obcordata,  dissepimento  contrario,  apice  breviter 
loculicidc  et  septicide  dehiscens. — Suffrutices  rigidi  saepius  prostrati,  vel 
densissime  caespitosi.    Flores  axillares  sessiles.     Bentham  MSS. 


A.  depressum  (Burch.  Trav.  1.  260.)  ramis  glabris  vel  breviter  lanuginosis, 
foliis  confertissimis  petiolatis  obovatis  glabris  corolla  multo  brevioribus, 
calycibus  extus  glabriusculis  iiitus  lanatls  capsulas  emarginatas  vix  superan- 
tibus.     Bentham  MSS. 

Ruellia  depressa.    Thufib.? 

Ohlendorffia  procumbens.     Lehm.  Index  Sem.  pi.  Eckl. 

Caulis  fruticosus,  terrce  appressus,  in  supina  parte  densissime  ramu- 
losus,  ac  foliis  spathulatis,  petiolatis,  maxime  conferlis  tectus.  Folia  3-4 
lineas  longa,  baud  opposita  sed  spirata,  crassiuscula,  obtusissima,  brcvi-mu- 
cronata,  glabra.  Calyces  in  inferiori  parte  ramulorum,  brevi-pedicellati, 
axillares,  longitudine  foliorum,  chartacei,  pallidi,  ad  3  bijidi,  extus  Iceves, 
glabri,  nilidi,  laciniis  acuminatis  patentibus  intus  dense  albo  totnentosis. 
Bracteolae  duce,  breves,  lineares,  pubescentes  ad  basin  calycis.  Corolla  8 
lineas  longa,  extus  pubescens,  ccerulea,  tubo  brevi  angusto,  limbo  infundi- 
buliformi  brevi  spatio  qidnquejido,  laciniis  cequalibus  patentibus  brevibus. 
Stamina   inclusa ;    filamenta  glabra  ;    antherae   ante    dehisccntiam   cordatce. 


*  From  a  privative ;    and  Trrojaipoc    deciduous,    because  of  tlie   capsules 
which  remain  on  the  stem  long  after  the  seeds  have  fallen  out.  —  Burchell. 

K  2 


subrotundcB,  dein  transversa,  subrotundo-ovales,  (ransversim  pauloque  infe- 
rivs  dehiscentes,  labio  superiori  recto  verticali,  inferiori  undulato  quadriloho 
ciliato.  Vertex  lanugine  alba  cinctus.  Staminum  breviorum  anthercE  con- 
formes  et  dimidio  duplove  minores.  Stylus  longitudine  staminvm,  glaber, 
apice  incurvvs.  Stigma  verticaliter  bilobum.  Capsula  calyce  tunc  com- 
presso  rigiduloque  transversa,  apicc  truncata  et  subretusa,  longitudinaliter 
rugoso-venosa,  inferius  crassior  rigidiorque,  nigrescens.  Semina  inferioH 
parte  receplaculi  conferta,  subtrigonn,  obtusa,  punctato-aspera  nigra. 
Funiculus  in  strophiolam  brevem  cyathiformam  trilobam  abit.  Albumen 
tenue,  carnosum.  Embryo  axilis,  rectus  ;  radicula  subcylindrica  ;  cotyle- 
donibus  ovatis. —  Vix  dubium  est,  quin  Thunbergius  sub  Ruellice  depresscB 
nomine  hanc  speciem  intellcxerit,  scil.  calycibus  solii  nee  corollis  repertis 
nee  multum,  uti  scepe  illi  accidit,  inquirens,  fiores  minutos  dixit  in  descrip- 
tione.  LinncBUS  corollce  non  meminit. — Lehm.  in  litt. 


A  native  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  whence  its  seeds 
were  brought  to  Europe  by  Mr.  Ecklon,  the  celebrated  bota- 
nical collector,  and  communicated  to  Dr.  Lehmann  of  Ham- 
burgh, under  whose  care  it  was  raised.  To  that  gentleman 
I  am  indebted  for  the  accompanying  drawing  and  descrip- 
tion. It  is  altogether  contrary  to  my  practice  to  publish 
accounts  of  plants  that  have  hitherto  only  been  in  foreign 
gardens ;  but  the  beauty  of  this  species,  the  evident  fidelity 
of  the  drawing,  the  specimen  that  accompanied  it,  and 
the  vicinity  of  Hamburgh  to  our  own  shores,  have  induced 
me  to  deviate  from  the  rule ;  without  however  intending 
that  this  should  be  at  all  drawn  into  a  precedent. 

The  species  is  a  greenhouse  undershrub ;  it  was  found 
by  Ecklon  in  the  Karroo,  near  Hermanskraal,  on  the  Great 
Fish  River,  flowering  from  October  to  December  :  Burchell 
met  with  it  on  the  Roggeveld;  and  Drege  on  the  Sneeuw  and 
Rhinoster  mountains  and  Zwartruggers.  To  Mr.  Bentham 
I  am  indebted  for  the  following  observations  upon  the  genus 
and  some  of  its  affinities. 


Tlie  genus  Aptosimum  was  considered  by  Mr.  Burchell 
as  allied  to  Capraria,  that  is,  to  the  Cape  species  now  formr 
ing  the  genus  Freylinia ;  but  the  declinate  stamina  and  the 
conformation  of  the  anthers  are  very  different  from  that  of 


any  Gratioleas,  and  as  well  as  the  form  of  the  coroHa,  appear 
to  me  to  assimilate  the  plant  much  more  to  some  of  the 
Salpiglossidea3,  and  especially  to  the  Salpiglossis  prostrata. 
Hook,  et  Arn.  and  some  other  species  from  the  West  Coast  of 
America;  which  probably  form  a  new  genus.  Like  other 
Salpiglossidese  it  comes  near  the  capsular  Solaneae,  and  the 
corolla  is  very  nearly  that  of  Fabiana. 

The  following  are  the  characters  of  the  species  I  am 
acquainted  with  of  Aptosimum,  and  of  another  genus  also 
from  the  Cape,  which  is  closely  allied  to  it  and  belongs 
likewise  to  the  tribe  of  Salpiglossideae. 

APTOSIMUM. 

*  Folia  petiolala,  detrita  non  spinosa.     Calycis  lacinice  intus  tomentosce. 

A.  eriocephalum  (E.  Meyer.)  ramis  prostratis  longe  lanatis,  foliis  longe 
petiolatis  ovatis  glabris,  calycibus  lanatis  laciniis  intus  pubescentibus,  capsulis  vix 
emarginatis.     On  the  Gariep,  Drege. 

2.  A.  depressum  (Burch.  supra). 

3.  A.  indlvisu7n  (Burch.  Trav.  I.  219.)  ramis  brevissimis,  foliis  dense 
CEespitosis  oblongo-spathulatis  glabris  corollas  sequantibus,  calycis  laciniis  intus 
lanatis. — Carroo  desert,  Drege.     Cape  Flats,  Ecklon. 

Ohlendorffia  rosulata.  Nees  ab  Esenbcek. 

**  Folia  subsessilia    nervo  medio   valido  persistente   apice  demurn  spine' 
scente.     Calycis  lacinice  intus  glabree. 

4.  A.  viscosum  herbaceum  ?  foliis  late  oblongo-spathulatis  viscoso-pube- 
scentibus  nervo  medio  infra  apicem  spinescente  flores  ter  superantibus.  Rocks 
near  the  Gariep,  Drege. 

5.  A.  tragacanthoides  (E.  Meyer)  suffruticosum,  foliis  anguste  oblongis 
spathulatis  glabris  flores  vix  superantibus  nervo  medio  infra  apicem  spinescente. 
Rocks  on  the  Kunkunnuroab,  Drege. 

6.  A.  abietinum  (Burch.  Trav.  1.  308.)  suffruticosum,  foliis  linearibus 
glabris  flore  brevioribus  nervo  medio  excurrente  spinoso.  On  the  Sunday  River 
and  in  the  vallies  of  the  Kooper  hills,  Drdge.     /3.  elongata  on  the  Gariep. 

PELIOSTOMUM. 

Calyx  5-partitus.  Corolla  et  genitalia  y^/j/osm^  Capsula  ovato-oblonga 
acuta  apice  subcompressa  sulcata  valvulis  loculicide  dehiscentibus  a:pticide  bifidis 
bipartitisve.  Semhia  numcrosa  minuta.  —  Herbse  sufFruticesve  rigidae  saepe 
viscosae.  Folia  omnia  alterna  integerrima.  Flores  axillares  vel  racemosl  breviter 
pedicellati  vel  sessiles  pedicellis  ssepe  bracteatis.     Corolla:  forma  fere  Fabiance. 


1.  p.  scoparium  (E.  Mey.)  herbaceum  rigidum  ramosissimum  viscosum, 
foliis  parvis  paucis  oblongo-linearibus,  laciniis  calycinis  oblongis  viscosp-villosis 
capsulam  aequantibus,  corollas  tubi  parte  attenuata  calyce  breviore.  Rocks  on  the 
Gariep,  Drege. 

2.  P.  leucorrhizum  (E.  Mey.)  herbaceum  rigidum  ramosissimum  glabrum, 
foliis  oblongo-lanceolatis  linearibusve,  laciniis  calycinis  apice  subulatis  capsula 
brevioribus,  coroUae  tubi  parte  attenuata  calyce  subduplo  longiore.  On  the 
Gariep,  Drege. 

3.  P.  viscosum  (E.  Mey.)  herbaceum  rigidum  divaricato-ramosum  vis- 
coso-pubescens,  foliis  obovatis  oblongisve,  laciniis  calycinis  linearibus  obtusis 
capsula  dimidio  brevioribus,  corollse  tubi  parte  attenuata  calyce  subduplo  longiore. 
Rocks  on  the  Gariep,  Drege. 

4.  P.  virgatum  (E.  Mey.)  sufFruticosum  ramis  rigidis  virgatis  viscosis, 
foliis  inferioribus  obovatis  superioribus  sessilibus  parvis  subrotundis  omnibus 
subcarnosis  leviter  viscosis,  laciniis  calycinis  obovatis  oblongisve  capsula  dimi- 
dio brevioribus,  corolla  tubi  parte  attenuata  calyce  parum  longiore.  Namaqua 
country.     Ecklon,  Drege. 

5.  P.  origanoides  (E.  Mey.)  sufFruticosum  glabrum,  ramis  brevibus  tor- 
tuoso-prostratis,  foliis^  ovatis  obovatisve,  calycis  laciniis  linearibus  acutiusculis 
capsula  obtusa  vix  brevioribus,  coroUae  tubi  parte  attenuata  vix  exserta.  Nieuwe- 
weld  and  Sneeuwbergen,  Drege. 


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1883 

*TR1F6LIUM  fucatum. 

Farded  Clover. 


DIADELPHIA  DECANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Leguminos^  or  pABACEiE. 
TRIFOLIUM.—Suprd,  vol.  13.  fol.  1070. 


T.fucahini;  folioHs  subrotundis  spinoso-denticulatis  crassiusculis,  stipulis  maxi- 
mis  membranaceis  integerrimis  cuspidatis,  pedunculis  foliis  aequalibus  loiigi- 
oribusque,  capitulis  hemisphericis  involucratis,  foliolis  involucri  basi  connatis 
ovato-lanceolatis  acuminatis  margine  membranaceis  floribus  brevioribus. 

Radix  aK«M«,  CanAes  suberecti,paruin  ramosi,  rubescentes,  internodiis 
scepe  in  spontanea  stipulis  tantum  cBqualibus.  Petioli  stipulis  nunc  duplb 
quadruplo  longiores.  Stipulae  magncc,  membranacece,  scepe  rotundatce  et 
cuspidatcB,  nunc  acuminatce.  Capitula  1-2  uncias  lata,  depressa.  Involucri 
foliola  herbacea,  margine  pallidiora,  cyathum  formantia  floribus  breviorem. 
Flores  disci  ochroleuci,  radii  rubescentes.  Calyx  minimus,  membranaceus , 
campanulatus,  dentibus  quinque  aristatis.  Vexlllum  circa  carinam  et  alas 
convolutum,  emarginatum,  demum  inflatum.  Ovarium  stipitatum,  7-8-sper- 
mum. 


A  pretty  annual  clover,  the  seeds  of  which  were  collected 
for  the  Horticultural  Society  in  California,  by  Mr,  Douglas. 
It  flowered  for  the  first  time  in  June,  1835,  but  ripened  no 
seeds,  and  was  afterwards  lost.  From  the  wild  specimens  in 
my  herbarium,  it  appears  to  grow  in  a  black  peaty  soil,  pro- 
bably the  damp  vegetable  matter  found  in  woods. 

This  new  species  belongs  to  the  curious  set  of  clovers 
whose  bracts  collect  into  an  involucre  like  those  of  an  um- 
belliferous plant ;  among  them  it  is  by  far  the  most  showy, 
with  its  cream-coloured  flowers  just  blushing  where  the  sun 
strikes  them. 


*  See  folio  1408. 


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1884 

*  CRATAEGUS  tanacetifolia. 

Tansy-leaved  Hawthorn. 


ICOSANDllIA  DI-PENTAGYNIA. 


Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  §  Pome^. 
CRATMGUS.-Supra,  vol.  13.  fol.  112«. 


C.  tanacetifolia ;  foliis  pinnatifidis  glanduloso-serratis  pubescentibus  basi  cu- 
neatis  laciniis  linearibus,  bracteis  foliaceis  glandulosls  pectinatis  sub  fructu 
persistentibus,  fructibus  solitariis  sessilibus  depresso-sphaericis  pubescenti- 
bus, putamine  crassissimo. 

C.  tanacetifolia.  Pers.  synops.  2.  38.  De  Cand.  Prodr.  2.  629.  Loudon 
Arhor.  Britami.  t.  117,  b. 

Mespilus  tanacetifolia.     Smith  Exot.  Bot.  t.  85. 

M.  orientalis,  tanaceti  folio  villoso,  magno  fructu  pentagono  e  viridi  flavescente. 
Tourn.  corolL  44.      Voyage  v.  2.  171.  t.  172. 

Folia  pubescentia,  virescentia,  parum  canescentia,  dentibus  argutis  apice 
glanduligeris,  nunquam  calva  ;  stipulis  semi-sagittatis  serratis.  Flores 
corymbosi  subsessiles.  Fructus  solitarii,  sessiles,  lutei,  depressi,  sub-penta- 
goni,  bracteis  quibusdam  foliaceis  glanduloso-pectinatis  persistentibus  suf- 
fulti,  pyrenis  5  osseis,  putamine  crassissimo. 


This  is  obviously  known  from  Cr.  odoratissima  and  orien- 
talis both  by  its  yellow  solitary  sessile  fruit,  to  which  a 
small  number  of  leafy  bracts  adhere  irregularly,  but  also 
by  its  regularly  pinnatifid  leaves,  the  fine  toothings  of 
which  are  all  tipped  with  a  gland.  Like  those  species  this 
is  hardy  and  very  handsome  ;  it  is  multiplied  by  grafting 
on  the  common  hedge  Hawthorn. 

Sir  James  Smith  has  the  following  observations  upon  it 
in  Rees's  Cyclopaedia.  "  Native  of  all  the  higher  mountains 
of  Greece.      A  very  desirable  shrub  for  plantations,   on  ac- 


*  See  fol.  1161, 


count  of  its  highly-scented  corymbose  flowers,  and  yellow 
fruit,  which  resembles  a  small  apple,  and  has  the  scent  of 
one.  By  culture  and  grafting,  it  promises  to  become  an 
acquisition  to  our  tables.  From  the  description  in  Diosco- 
rides  of  his  ixeairiKov,  '  a  spinous  tree,  with  leaves  like 
hawthorn,  fruit  like  a  little  apple,  sweet,  with  three  hard 
seeds,'  this  should  seem,  as  the  number  of  seeds  varies,  to 
be  the  very  plant;  while  his  ixeairiXov  erepou,  from  Italy, 
'  a  tree  like  an  apple  tree,  but  with  smaller  leaves,  and  a 
round  eatable  fruit,  with  a  broad  depression,  slightly  astrin- 
gent, and  long  in  ripening,'  can  only  be  our  common  garden 
Mespilus  germanica.  Tournefort  did  not  observe  the  thorns 
of  the  Cr.  tanacetifolia,  but  he  describes  the  eagerness  with 
which  his  Armenian  companions  collected  and  ate  the  fruit, 
and  he  mentions  the  trees  as  of  the  size  of  oaks.'' 


/3'<5-S. 


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1885 

*  CRAT^GUS  odoratissima. 

Sivee test-scented  Hawthorn. 


ICOSANDRIA   Bl-FENTAGYNIA. 


Nat.  ord.  Rosaceje,  §  Pome^.v 
CRATAEGUS.— Supra,  vol.  13.  fol.  1128. 


C.  odoratissima  ;  foliis  trifidis  pinnatlfidisque  inciso-serratis  basi  cuneatis  in- 
cano-tomentosis,  fructibus  5-pyrenis  sphasricis  pubescentibus,  putamine 
tenui. 

C.  orientalls.     Bieberst.  Fl.  Taur.  cauc.  1 .  387. 

C.  odoratissima.     Bot.  Repos.  t.  590.     Loudon  Arboret.  Brit.  t.Wl  a. 

C.  tanacetifolia  /3  taurica.     De  Cand.  Prodr.  2.  629. 

Folia  incano-tomentosa,  demum  viridiora,  nunquam  calva ;  stipulis  fal- 
catis  integris.  Pedunculi  tomentosi.  Fructus  lateritii,  pubescentes,  subpen- 
tagoni,  pyrenis  5  osseis,  putamine  crassitudine  solitd. 


A  common  bush  on  the  hills  adjoining  the  Black  Sea, 
and  elsewhere  in  the  Crimea.  It  is  described  by  Bieberstein 
as  growing  to  the  size  of  the  common  Hawthorn. 

In  this  country  it  is  always  grafted  upon  that  species,  and 
acquires  a  dense  round-headed  habit,  which  diminishes  its 
beauty  in  some  degree ;  this  is,  however,  abundantly  com- 
pensated by  its  multitude  of  deliciously  perfumed  flowers, 
and  the  rich  clusters  of  red  fruit  with  which  it  is  loaded 
in  the  autumn.  It  differs  from  C.  orientalis  not  alone 
rn  the  colour  of  its  fruit ;  but  in  its  leaves  never  becoming- 
smooth,  in  its  stipules  being  small  and  imdivided,  and  in 
the  stones  that  enclose  the  seeds  not  being  particularly 
thick-sided. 


*  See  folio  1161, 


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1880  { 

*  DOUGLAsIA  nivalis. 

Snow  Douglasia. 


PENTANDIIIA  MOl^OGYKIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Pkimulace^. 

DOUGLASIA,  Lindl. —  Calyx  obconicus,  angulatus,  5-dentatus.  Co- 
rolla infundibularis,  tubo  ventricoso,  limbo  piano  5-partlto.  fauce  callo  llneari 
sub  utroque  sinu.  Ovarium  uniloculare,  placenta  ccntrali  libera  pedicellata  fun- 
gilliformi,  margine  5-dentata  ;  ovula  5,  dentibus  placentae  opposita.  Capsula 
vestlta,  unilocularis,  5-valvis.  ^'emina  2,  concava.  scrobiciilata.  Ca-spites 
svffrutlculosi  (Atnericce  borcalis),  foliis  indivisis,  floribus  subumbellatis ,  soli- 
tariisque. 


D.  nivalis  {Lindl.  in  Brandes  Journal,  Jan.  1828,  p.  383.)  foliis  linearibus 
pube  rigida  ramosa  incanis  subverticillatis,  floribus  longe  pedunculatis  sub- 
umbellatis. 


"  Upon  his  journey  across  the  rocky  mountains  in  April,  1827,  in 
latitude  52"  N.,  longitude  118'^  W.,  at  an  estimated  elevation  of  12,000 
feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  the  attention  of  Mr.  Douglas  was  attracted 
by  a  brilliant  purple  patch  amidst  the  surrounding  snow.  On  approach- 
ing it,  he  was  surprized  to  find  that  the  colour  which  had  arrested  his  eye 
was  caused  by  the  blossoms  of  a  little  plant,  from  which  the  superincum- 
bent snow  had  not  yet  melted  away.  The  well-known  Saxifraga  oppositi- 
folia  immediately  occurred  to  his  recollection,  and  he  at  first  imagined 
he  had  either  discovered  that  species,  or  one  nearly  allied  to  it ;  but  upon 
a  closer  inspection,  he  perceived  that  it  was  no  Saxifraga,  but  a  genus 
apparently  new.  Specimens  having  been  submitted  to  me  for  examination 
since  Mr.  Douglas's  return,  the  following  description  lias  been  drawn 
up: — The  plant  forms  a  thick  tuft,  consisting  of  numerous  perennial 
branched  stems,  the  lower  of  which  are  covered  with  the  persistent  de- 
cayed leaves  and  fruit  of  pi-evious  summers.  The  .sterns  are  round,  bright 
purplish  brown,  covered  with  scattered,  rigid,  branched  short  hairs,  and 
densely  clothed  with  opposite  spreading  leaves.  The  leaves  arc  a  dull 
glaucous  green,  semi-amplexicaul,  linear,  obtuse,  about  five  lines  long  and 


*  Named  by  me  some  years  ago  in  compliment  to  Mr.  Douglas,  whose  zeal 
in  the  collection  of  seeds  and  dried  specimens  of  plants,  and  whose  untimely  end, 
have  richly  earned  for  him  a  niche  in  the  long  gallery  of  departed  science. 


three-quarters  of  a  line  broad,  so  closely  covered  witli  liairs,  like  those  of" 
the  stem,  that  the  whole  epidermis  is  hidden.  Their  veins  are  concealed 
by  the  hairs ;  but  if  the  latter  are  removed,  they  appear  to  consist,  of  a 
thickened  midrib,  and  a  few  nearly  simple  spreading  vena3  primariog. 
The  flowers  proceed  from  the  axils  of  the  upper  leaves,  from  three  to 
six  on  each  little  branch  ;  at  first  they  are  sessile,  but  their  footstalks 
subsequently  lengthen  by  degrees  until  the  fruit  is  ripe,  when  they  are 
from  three-quarters  of  an  inch  to  one  inch  in  length,  and  covered  with 
the  same  sort  of  hairs  as  the  leaves  and  stem.  The  calyx  is  hairy  in  like 
manner,  obconical,  angular,  with  five  equal  erect  narrowly  triangular 
teeth,  about  the  length  of  the  tube.  The  corolla  is  of  a  vivid  purple 
colour,  infundibuliform,  wholly  destitute  of  pubescence.  The  Uibe  is  a 
little  ventricose,  and  rather  longer  than  the  calyx,  its  whole  length  being 
about  three  lines.  The  limb  is  spreading,  five-parted  with  cuneate,  oblong, 
obtuse  segments  ;  the  orifice  is  guarded  by  five  transversely  linear  calli, 
placed  under  each  sinus,  and  corresponding  to  the  same  number  of  ex- 
ternal depressions  of  the  neck  of  the  tube.  The  anthers  are  linear  oblong, 
nearly  sessile,  opposite  the  segments  of  the  corolla,  and  a  little  inclosed 
within  the  tube.  The  ovarium  is  superior,  of  an  obovate  figure,  one- 
celled,  with  a  central  free  fungilliform  placenta,  the  lower  edge  of  which 
has  five  teeth  corresponding  to  an  equal  number  of  peltate  ovules.  The 
style  is  filiform,  as  long  as  the  tube  of  the  corolla,  and  continuous  with 
the  ovarium  ;  stigma,  a  minute  depressed  cup.  The  capsule  is  of  a  carti- 
laginous texture,  surrounded  by  the  persistent  calyx,  one-celled,  with  five 
recurving  valves ;  the  seeds  are  two,  peltate,  oblong,  convex  on  the  out- 
side, concave  in  the  inside,  dark  brown,  covered  closely  with  minute  dots 
or  depressions  ;  four  only  having  been  found,  their  internal  organization 
has  not  been  determined. 

"  Hence  it  appears  that,  with  the  exception  of  the  interior  of  the 
seed,  the  whole  structure  of  the  plant  is  determinable  :  it  is  also  obvious 
that  it  is  referable  to  Primulacese,  of  which  it  possesses  all  the  characters. 
In  fact  it  is  closely  akin  both  to  Primula  and  Androsace.  From  both 
these  genera,  however  its  ovarium  which  exhibits  the  greatest  instance  of 
reduction  of  ovules  yet  known  in  the  order,  and  its  dispermous  capsule, 
with  oblong  concave  seeds,  readily  and  essentially  distinguish  it." 

The  foregoing  statement  is  extracted  from  the  notice  of  this  genus 
which  I  published  some  years  ago  in  the  Journal  of  the  Royal  Institution. 
Since  that  time  the  plant  has  been  raised  in  the  garden  of  the  Horticul- 
tural Society,  where  it  flowered  in  July,  1835,  and  subsequently  in  April, 
1836,  having  been  raised  from  seeds  collected  in  California  by  Mr.  Douglas. 
It  proves  to  be  a  branched  herbaceous  plant,  growing  pretty  freely  in 
peat  and  sand,  and  ripening  its  seed  in  small  quantity.  Hitherto  it  has 
been  kept  in  the  greenhouse,  there  having  been  only  two  plants  raised  in 
the  first  instance  ;  it  is  however  probable  that  it  will  thrive  better  under 
the  treatment  suited  to  alpine  plants. 

Sir  William  Hooker  possesses  a  second  species  (Douglasia  arctica, 
Hooker)  collected  by  Dr.  Richardson  on  the  shores  of  the  Arctic  sea. 


'.^.'  ^'W/Sei.  i/eC 


.</'  fy  S.Mk^<-'t'</  /^  ^^.caM^  jiuf./.  /^J&. 


>^,-.. 


1887 

*  ONCIDIUM  Lanceanum. 

Mr,  Lance  s  Oncidium. 

GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^.     5(  Vande;e. 
ONCIDIUM.— Suprd,  vol  13.  foL  1050. 

A.  Labellum  trilobum. 
§  1.  Folia  plana,  v.  complicata. 
a.  Sepala  lateraVta  libera.     *  Labelli  hicinuc  laterales  nance  v.  obliteratce. 
O.  Lanceanum  ;  ebulbe,  foliis  oblongis  acutis  plain's  substriatis  carnosis,  seapo  racemoso 
composito  erecto  rigido  raccmulis  confcrtifloris,  se])alis  '  petalisque  coiifoiniibus   ob- 
loiis^is  obtusis  carnosis  concavis  niargine  undulatis,  labelli  lobo  medio  dilatato  sub- 
cuneato  integerrimo  basi  hastato  :  lobis  lateralibus  semi-ovatis,  crista  triloba  carnosa 
jiigoque  elevate  proclivi,  colnmnai  alls  carnosis  rotundatis,  anthera  cristata. 
O.  Lanceanum.  Lindley  in  Hort.  Trans,  n.ser.vol.  2.  jj.  100.  tab.  7. 

This  remarkable  plant  has  lately  been  published  in  the  Transactions 
of  the  Horticultural  Society  of  London,  whence  the  follovving  account  of 
it  is  extracted  : — 

"  In  the  year  1834,  John  Henry  Lance,  Esq.  upon  his  return  to  England 
from  Surinam,  where  he  had  been  residing  several  years,  brought  with  him  a 
considerable  collection  of  Orchideous  Epiphytes,  which  he  presented  to  the  So- 
ciety. Among  other  interesting  species  was  the  subject  of  the  following  memo- 
randum ;  a  plant,  than  which  a  more  acceptable  addition  to  the  hot-houses  of 
this  country  has  rarely  been  made. 

"  The  genus  Oncidium  already  includes  several  very  beautiful  species,  in 
particular  0.  flexuosum,  hifolium,  ampliatum  and  crispum,  but  all  these  have 
flowers  in  which  yellow  or  brown  are  the  only  colours,  they  owe  their  beauty  to 
the  graceful  arrangement  of  their  branches,  and  to  the  singular  form  of  tlieu-  petals, 
rather  than  to  their  colour,  and  moreover  their  blossoms  are  destitute  of  fragrance. 
When,  therefore,  it  was  ascertained  that  among  Mr.  Lance's  plants  there  existed 
an  Oncidium,  with  violet-coloured  sweet-scented  flowers,  great  interest  was  ex- 
cited, and  no  pains  were  spared  to  ensure  its  successful  cultivation.  Many  plants 
were  soon  distributed  by  Mr.  Lance's  orders,  one  of  which  blossomed  in  the  hot- 
house of  the  Messrs.  Loddiges,  and  another  shortly  after  in  that  of  the  Society. 
The  plant  was  found  by  no  means  difficult  to  manage ;  and  in  point  of  beauty  and 
fragrance  it  more  than  answered  all  the  expectations  that  had  been  entertained  of 
it. 

"  The  roots  are  flexuose,  slender,  simple  elongations  of  the  base  of  the  stem, 
evidently  intended  to  grow  upon  places  where  the  quantity  of  mould  is  insuffi- 
cient to  cover  them  ;  they  lengthen  independently  of  their  growth  at  the  point, 
like  the  aerial  roots  of  other  Epiphytal  Orchidese,  and  diffiir  from  those  of  other 
Oncidiums  only  in  being  of  a  greenish  yellow  colour.  The  leaves  spread  from  a 
very  short,  woody,  annulated  root-stock,  and  are  about  a  foot  in  length  on  the 
average  ;  they  are  of  a  broadly  oblong  figure,  of  a  leathery  consistence,  are  nearly 
flat,  a  little  curved  back  at  the  point,  and  have  a  light  green  colour  faintly  mottled 

*  See  folio  1542. 


with  purple.  The  flowers  are  disposed  in  a  short-branched  rigid  panicle,  elevated 
on  a  stalk  not  quite  so  long  as  the  longest  leaves ;  it  is  about  six  or  nine  inches 
lonp-,  and  densely  covered  with  flowers,  which  sometimes  assume  a  corymbose, 
sometimes  a  racemose  arrangement.  The  flowers  when  expanded  measure  an 
inch  and  three-quarters  from  the  tip  of  their  back  sepal  to  the  point  of  their  lip; 
they  emit  a  delicious  fragrance  resembling  that  of  the  garden  pink.  The  sepals 
are  oblong,  concave,  obtuse,  a  little  waved  and  greenish  yellow  at  the  edge,  bright 
yellow  in  the  middle,  and  regularly  marked  with  broad  blotches  of  crimson  which 
run  together  near  the  base.  The  two  petals  are  similar  to  the  sepals.  The  lip 
is  bright  violet,  darkest  at  the  lower  half;  at  the  base  it  is  prolonged  on  each  side 
into  a  triangular  tooth,  and  in  the  middle  of  the  base  there  are  three  nearly  equal 
tubercles  which  towards  the  column  terminate  a  ridge  that  gradually  lowers  and 
then  disappears  at  the  expanded  portion  of  the  lip  ;  above  the  base  it  is  narrow, 
it  then  expands  again  into  a  broad,  thin,  light  purple,  somewhat  truncated  and 
toothed  extremity.  The  column  has  an  oblique,  rounded,  ear-like  appendage  on 
each  side,  and  is  capped  by  a  rich  crimson  anther. 

"  Such  was  the  specimen  from  which  the  annexed  drawing  was  taken  ;  but 
it  was  far  inferior  to  one  which  I  have  just  seen  (June  29,  1836^,  in  the  rich 
collection  of  epiphytes  belonging  to  the  Messrs.  Rollinsons  of  Tooting.  This 
plant,  which  I  regard  as  the  most  perfect  instance  of  successful  cultivation  I 
have  yet  witnessed  among  epiphytes,  had  leaves  eighteen  inches  long,  and  up- 
wards of  thirty  flowers  two  inches  and  a  quarter  in  expansion,  with  all  the  mark- 
ings of  the  sepals  and  petals  of  the  richest  chocolate  brown,  and  of  the  lip  of 
the  deepest  violet.  In  fragrance  there  was  a  resemblance  to  the  spicy  odour  of 
that  sweetest  of  all  flowers  Aerides  cornutum. 

"  In  the  Society's  garden  this  plant  is  cultivated  along  with  other  epiphytes 
in  a  damp  hothouse  facing  the  north  ;  it  is  planted  in  a  mixture  of  sandy  peat, 
potsherds,  and  decayed  wood;  and  under  these  circumstances  it  thrives  very  well. 

"  Mr.  Lance  has  favoured  me  with  the  following  account  of  the  discovery 
and  subsequent  management  of  this  remarkable  plant  in  its  native  country. 

"  '  The  first  specimen  of  this  splendid  Epiphyte  I  discovered,  was  growing 
on  the  trunk  of  a  large  tamarind  tree,  in  a  noble  avenue  of  those  trees  close  to 
the  Government  House  in  Surinam.  I  took  it  home  with  me  and  planted  it  in  a 
pot  filled  with  rotten  pieces  of  wood  and  a  little  light  earth ;  but  though  it  re- 
mained alive  and  flowered  once  or  twice,  it  did  not  thrive,  but  wasted  away  and 
became  less.  I  afterwards  found  a  great  number  of  the  plants  in  different  parts 
of  the  colony ;  they  were  generally  attached  to  the  stems  or  branches  of  the 
Tamarind,  the  Sapodilla,  or  the  Calabash  trees,  appearing  to  prefer  those  to  any 
other  ;  however,  on  being  tied  to  the  branches  of  the  Orange,  the  Soursop,  the 
Mammee,  and  even  the  Brugmansia  arborea,  it  grew  well  upon  them  all  and  pro- 
duced vigorous  stems  with  upwards  of  twenty  blossoms  on  each  stem.  The 
scent  is  extremely  fragrant,  and  is  retained  after  the  flower  is  dried,  only  becoming 
fainter  and  more  of  a  spicy  flavour  than  when  fresh.  The  plant  remains  in  full 
beauty  ten  or  twelve  days,  a  long  period  in  that  climate,  and  I  found  that  it 
always  required  a  shady  situation  and  a  living  stem  to  grow  upon,  without  which 
it  would  not  produce  its  flowers  in  the  highest  perfection.' 

"  Although  the  Society's  sense  of  the  importance  of  Mr.  Lance's  endeavours 
to  introduce  new  plants  to  this  country  has  already  been  recognized  by  the 
Council  having  awarded  him  the  Society's  Large  Silver  Medal,  yet  I  trust  it  will 
not  be  considered  improper  in  me  to  indicate  this  in  a  more  specific  manner,  by 
naming  after  that  gentleman  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  the  plants  we  owe  to 
his  exertions." 


Aija. 


Jic^^  ^loAey.  d^.  .n^t^  J.  ^Ecd:^i,CAitf  /i^  fflccaJMj  J^^.  7.  7^36. 


y'')iQiijc. 


1888 

*  GILIA  tenuiflora. 

Slender-jiowei'ed    Gilia. 


PENTANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 


Nat.  Ord.  PoLEMONIACEiE. 

GILIA:— Supn},  vol.  Id.fol.  1622. 


G.  tenuiflora ;  caule  erecto  elato  supern^  viscoso  subnudo  paniculato,  follis 
bipinnatisectis  glabris,  floribus  subsolitariis,  corymbis  laxis  long6  peduncu- 
latis,  corollis  calyce  4-pl6  longioribus.  Bentham  supra,  vol.  19.  1622. 
in  textu. 

Qs.\A\s  l-pedalis ,  totus  paululum  viscidus,  ramis  Jiliformibus  sed  rigidis 
suhdichotomis ,  glandulis  viridibus  fungilliformibus  in  caule  raris  sub  calyce 
creberrimis.  Flores  rosei,  nee  coerulei.  Calyx  laciniis  mucronatis,  dorso 
herbaceis  purpureisve,  margins  membranaceis.  Corolla  infundihularis ,  se- 
munciam  longus,  extus  roseas,  sanguineo  acupiinctatus,  intils  unicolor  et  vio- 
laceus.  Antherae  plumbe(B.  Capsula  ovato-oblonga,  testacea,  papyracea, 
semi-trivalvis  loculicidh  dehiscens ;  valvulis  a  placenta  '6-angulari  demum 
libera  secedentibus.  Semina  testacea,  oblongo-reniformia,  longiludinaliter 
corrugata,  cceteriim  glabra. 


A  hardy  annual  raised  from  Californian  seeds  in  tlie 
Garden  of  the  Horticultural  Society,  where  it  flowered  for 
the  first  time  in  August,  1834.  A  single  plant  only  was  at 
that  time  raised,  but  it  seeded  plentifully,  and  is  now  not 
uncommon. 

Mr.  Douglas  sent  it  home  under  the  name  of  Gilia 
splendens,  a  somewhat  singular  appellation,  seeing  that  it  is 
one  of  the  least  showy  of  the  genus.  In  fact  it  is  not  worth 
cultivating  for  the  sake  of  the  flower  garden;  but  it  is  very 
pretty  in  nosegays  as  an  ornament  to  rooms. 

Its  flowers  change  in  drying  from  rose  colour  to  blue, 
which  gave  rise  to  the  supposition  that  they  are  naturally  of 


*  See  fol.  1170. 

VOL.  XX I r. 


the  latter  colour.  The  corolla  is  in  reality  of  a  rich  clear 
uniform  violet  in  the  inside,  and  on  the  outside  of  a  pale  rose, 
but  this  colour  is  much  affected  by  the  presence  of  innumer- 
able short  deep  red  lines,  which  are  as  delicate  as  if  they 
were  drawn  with  the  point  of  a  needle. 


^i(^  ^  X  ^li^ay  /60  dicrjiMly  Ji^.  /.  f(f36. 


^^.9i^t4i9..^. 


1889 

*  CIRRHiEA  tiistis. 

Sad-coloured  Cirrhcea. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  VandEjE. 
CIRRHMA.—Suprd,  vol.  \8.  fol.  1538. 


C.  tristis ;  follis  oblongo-lanceolatis  basi  parum  angustatis,  petalis  lineari-spa- 
thulatis,  labelli  sagittati  lobo  intermedio  lineari  abrupte  acuto  lateralibus 
acuralnatis  parallelis  breviore. 

Pseudobulbi  ovati,  sulcati,  angulis  rotundatis.  Folia  solitaria,  subpli- 
cata,  coriacea,  ohlongo-lanceolata  vel  ohlonga,  basi  in  petiolum  brevem  con- 
volutum  angustata.  Racemi  peiiduli,  foliis  paidb  longiores,  radicales,  dens^ 
multiflori.  Flores  odoratissimi  tristt  purpurei,  sanguineo  suffusi,  cqncibus 
herbaceis.  Sepala  linearia,  patentissima,  obtusa,  postremo  sigmoideo,  reflexo. 
Petala  lineari-spatulata  sepalis paulo  breviora  et  duplo  angustiora.  Labellum 
atropurpureum ;  ungue  arcuvi  continuum  cuvi  colurnnd  resupinatd  efficients ; 
limbo  sagittato,  laciniis  lateralibus  acuminatis  subparallelis  carnosis  inter- 
media fere  duplo  longioribus.  Columna  arcuata,  clavata,  truncata,  anthera 
posticd,  stigmate  obliquo,  verticali,  cirrhifero,  ut  in  genere. 


A  deliciously  scented  species,  native  of  Mexico,  whence  it 
was  obtained  by  Messrs.  Loddiges,  in  whose  hot-house  the 
drawing  was  made  in  June,  1835.  The  form  of  its  lip  is 
quite  different  from  that  of  any  of  the  other  three  species 
now  known. 

Like  its  other  botanical  allies  it  grows  upon  the  branches 
of  trees,  and  apparently  in  a  pendulous  manner. 


*  See  folio  1538. 


l2 


1890 

*  CRATAEGUS  spathulata. 

Spathula-leaved  Thorn. 


ICOSANDRIA  MO^O-PENTAGYNIA. 


Nat.  ord.  RosacE/E,  §  PoMEiE. 
CRATMGUS.-Supr^,  vol.  13.  fol.  1128. 


C.  spathulata  ;  ramulis  spinescentibus  fasciculatim  foliosis,  foliis  obovatis  basi 
angustatis  subtrilobis  stipulisque  semihastatis  foliaceis  glanduloso-serratis, 
floribus  subsessiiibus,  corymbis  pauclfloris,  sepalis  inclsis. 

C.  spathulata ;  ramulis  spinescentibus  fasciculatim  foliosis,  foliis  parvis  longis- 
sime  deorsum  angustatis  subspatulatis  trifidis,  corymbis  paucifloris,  pedicellis 
brevibus,  calycibus  tomentosis.  Mich.  Fl.  Amer.  Bor.  1.  288.  Pur&h 
Fl.  Am.  sept.  1 .  336.     Non  Elliotti. 

C.  virginica.  Loddiges.    Loudon  Arboret.  ^  Fruticet.  Britann.  p.  842.  t.  560. 

C.  viridis.     Hart. 


There  can  be  no  doubt  that  this  plant,  the  Cratcegus 
virginica  of  the  Nurseries,  is  the  real  C.  spathulata  of 
Michaux,  about  which  so  little  is  known  that  it  is  altogether 
omitted  from  the  Floras  of  Torrey,  Hooker,  and  Beck,  is 
introduced  by  name  into  Elliott's  work  on  South  Carolina 
without  that  author's  being  acquainted  with  the  plant,  was 
missed  by  Willdenow,  and  was  unknown  to  De  Candolle. 
Pursh  merely  repeats  Michaux 's  character,  but  he  adds  that 
it  occurs  in  dry  woods  near  rivers  in  Virginia  and  Carolina, 
flowering  in  May  and  June,  and  having  very  large  crooked 
thorns  with  small  leaves.  Mr.  Loudon  in  his  Arboretum  Bri- 
tannicumf  keeps  the  garden    name  virginica,   considering 


*  See  folio  1161. 

t  I  gladly  avail  myself  of  the  present  opportunity  of  calling  attention  to  this 

useful  work,  upon  the  hardy  Trees  and  Shrubs  cultivated  in  Great  Britain,  in 

which,  as  is  usual  in  the   writings  of  the   indefatigable  author,  there  is  a  most 

valuable  mass  of  information,  partly  compiled,  but  also  to  a  great  extent  original. 


C.  inicrocarpa  figured  at  folio  1846  of  this  work,  as  the  true 
C.  spathulata. 

A    hardy  bush,  growing    four   or  five   feet   high,    and 
retaining  its  leaves  late  in  the  autumn. 

This  species  has  very  much  the  appearance  of  Cr.  parm- 

folia,  from  which  it  is  essentially  distinguished  by  its  leaves 

being  edged  with  strong  dark  glands,  and  by  its  large  leafy 

stipules.     The  fruit  is  always  green,   even  when  ripe,  is  a 

little  downy,  and  contains  from  five  to  six  stones. 


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1891 

*  LUPfNUS  latitblius. 
Broad-leaved  Lupine. 


DIADELPHIA    DECANDRIA. 


Nat.  Old.  Fabace^e  or  Leguminos^,  §  Papilionace^. 
LUPINUS.— Supra,  vol.  ]3.foL  1096. 


L.  latifolius  ;  elatus,  caule  Isevissimo  glaberrimo  nltente,  foliolis  5-7  (5-9) 
obovatis  basi  angustatis  supra  glaberrimis  subtus  sparsissime  piliferis,  stipulis 
setaceis,  bracteis  coroUam  superantibus,  floribus  racemi  vald^  elongati  long^ 
pedunculati  sparsis  (et  verticillatis)  calycis  ebracteolati  serlcei  labiis  subin- 
tegris,  carina  glabra.     /.  G.  Agardh,  Synops.gen.  Lupini,p.  18. 

Caulis  subprocumbens  ramosus.  Foliola  sublucida,  mucrone  molli  ciis- 
pidata.  Flores  purpureo-violacei.  Legumina  brevia,  vix  unciam  longa, 
oblique  constricta,intus  isthmis  nullis  sed  lanugine  sparsd  parcdque  obducta. 
Seniina  nebulosa. 


This  Lupine  has  been  described  by  Dr.  J.  G.  Agardh, 
in  the  valuable  little  work  above  quoted,  from  a  wild  specimen 
communicated  by  me,  and  which  had  been  collected  in 
California,  by  Mr.  Douglas.  It  is  apparently  distinct  from  both 
L.  rivularis  and  X.  littoralisy  to  which  however  it  approaches 
more  nearly  than  to  X.  polyphyllus.  It  is  a  hardy  perennial, 
flowering  in  July  and  the  two  following  months. 

In  the  work  above  referred  to  Dr.  Agardh  has  described 
76  certain  species  of  this  pretty  genus,  besides  adverting  to 
7  others  of  which  little  is  known.  Of  the  former  34  are  in 
Mr.  Douglas'  collections. 


*  See  folio  1198. 


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1892 

*  ARDISIA  odontophylla. 
Tooth-leaved  Ardisia. 


PENTANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 


Nat.  Old.  Myrsinace^. 
ARDISIA.— Supn},  vol.  7.  foL  533. 


A.  odontophylla  (Wallich  Cat.  no.  2279)  ;  foliis  lanceolate -oblongis   utrinquc 

acutis  long^  petiolatis  argut^  dentatis  puberulis,  racemis  axillaribus  foliis 

multo    brevioribus,  pedicellis  brevlbus  alternis   ut  pedicelli  velutinis,  lobis 

calycinis   ovato-acutis   ciliatis  et  puberulis,  coroUae  profunde  partitse  lobis 

-  ovato-acutis.     Alph.  De  Cand.  in  Linn.  Trans,  vol.  17.  p.  125.  t.  6. 


A  stove  shrub,  native  of  Bengal  towards  the  Sylhet 
borders  and  about  Gualpara,  where  it  was  found  by  Dr. 
Buchanan,  and  by  Dr.  Wallich's  collectors. 

It  was  first  introduced  by  Thomas  Carey  Palmer,  Esq. 
of  Bromley,  by  whom  it  was  communicated  to  Mr.  Knight 
of  the  King's  Road,  in  whose  hot-house  the  accompanying 
figure  was  made  in  July,  1834. 

Independently  of  its  being,  like  all  the  Ardisias,  a  hand- 
some evergreen,  this  species  is  remarkable  for  its  delicious 
fragrance.  Its  flowers  are  pale  salmon  colour,  slightly 
streaked  with  red. 


*  From  ap^ig,  the  point  ol"  a  weapon,  in   allusion   to  the  sharp-pointed 
segments  of  the  corolla. 


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1893 

*  ANTIRRHfNUM  glanduI6sum. 
Glandular  Snapdragon. 


DIDYNAMIA    ANGIOSPERMIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Scrophulariaceje. 

ANTIRRHINUM  L.  Calyx  5-partitus.  Corolla  personata,  tubo  crasso 
vel  elongate,  basi  saccato.  Capsula  3  poris  valvulatis,  v.  rarius  2  foraminibus 
irregularibus  sub  apice  dehiscens.      Chavannes  Monogr.  74. 


A.  glandulosum  ;  undique  pilis  capitatis  subviscidis  conspersum  ;  foliis  alternis 
petiolatis  anguste  ovato-lanceolatis,  racemo  denso  folioso,  calycis  lobis 
lineari-lanceolatis  inaequalibus. 

Caulis  bipedalis,  erectus,  ratnosus,  Icete  viridis,  glandulis  pilorum  den- 
sissimorum  rufescens.  Folia  subsucculenta,  superne  lucida,  in  spontaned 
parva  et  fere  linearia.  Racemus  cylindraceus,  terminalis,  densissimus,  brac- 
teis  foliaceis  longe  ultra  Jiores  inferiores  projicientibzis.  Flores  solitarii 
brevi-pedunculati.  Sepala  lineari-lanceolata,  tubo  corollce  duplo  breviora, 
incequalia ;  dorsali  lateralibus  longiore.  Corolla  tubo  cylindraceo  labioque 
superiore  roseis,  labio  inferiore  ochroleuco,  basi  antice  gibboso ;  labii  infe- 
rioris  laciniis  cequalibus  rotundatis.  Stamina  tubo  cequalia,  filamentis  basi 
oblique  tortis  et  dilatatis  inferiorum  basi  barbatis,  superiorum  pubescentibus  ; 
antheris  glaberrimis.  Capsula  immatura  subrotundo-ovata, papyracea, pilosa  ; 
maturam  non  vidi. 


This,  if  not  a  very  pretty  plant,  is  something  of  a  geogra- 
phical curiosity,  it  being  the  first  species  of  the  genus 
Antirrhinum  which  has  yet  been  found  certainly  wild  in  the 
New  World ;  the  specimens  of  A.  orontium  that  have  been 
met  with  in  the  United  States,  are  believed  to  have  been 
introduced  from  Europe. 


*  The  avrtpp/voj' of  Theophrastusand  Dioscorides  was  probably  Antirrhinum 
Orontium.  The  name,  which  may  be  literally  rendered  Snoutwort,  has  obviously 
been  derived  from  the  appearance  of  the  corolla,  which  resembles  the  snout  of 
some  animal. 


Seeds  of  it  were  sent  to  the  Horticultural  Society  from 
California  by  Mr.  Douglas.  The  flowers  were  first  produced 
in  1815;  they  appear  in  August  and  September,  and  conti- 
nue to  open  in  succession  till  the  frosts  come.  The  species 
is  a  quite  hardy  annual,  and  will  grow  in  any  soil ;  it  ripens 
its  seeds  freely  enough. 


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1894 

*  YUCCA  Diaconis. 

Dragon-tree-leaved  Adams  Needle. 


HEXANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 


Nat.  ord.  LiLiACEiE. 

YUCCA.— Supra,  vol.  20.fol.  1690. 


Y.  Draconis ;  arborescens,  foliis  laxe  capitatis  subreflexls  ensiformlbus  acumi- 
natis  marglne  scabris,  paniculis  ramosis,  perianthiis  patentissimis. 

Y.  Draconis.  Haworth,  Suppl.  p.  33.  Romer  S^  Schult.  Syst.  veg.  1 .  716. 
Elliott  Fl.  South  Carol.  1.401. 


What  may  be  species  and  what  varieties  in  this  noble 
genus,  it  is  in  the  present  state  of  botanical  information  im- 
possible to  say ;  there  is  however  but  little  doubt  that  the 
two  plants  which  form  the  subject  of  this  and  the  succeeding 
plate  are  really  distinct. 

This,  which  I  presume  is  the  Y.  Draconis  of  Haworth 
and  Elliott,  at  least,  whatever  it  may  be  of  others,  is  one  of 
the  most  stately  of  the  genus  ;  it  grows  along  the  sea-shore 
of  Carolina,  frequently  intermixed  with  Yucca  gloriosa,  and 
flowers  from  May  to  August ;  it  sometimes  grows  as  much 
as  9  or  10  feet  high.  The  great  peculiarity  by  which  it 
appears  to  be  distinguished  is  the  spreading  flowers,  whose 
segments,  instead  of  remaining  closed  in  a  globose  manner 
as  in  most  others,  expand  till  they  diverge  from  the  flower- 
stalk  at  nearly  a  right  angle. 

The  drawing  was  made  in  the  garden  of  the  Horticul- 
tural Society,  in  July,  1835;  and  about  the  same  time  I 
received  it  from  the  Nursery  of  the  Messrs.  Backhouse  of 
York,  with  whom  it  had  been  growing   in  the  open  ground 

*  See  folio  1690. 


for  some  years.  Mr.  William  Wood,  who  has  the  charge  of 
the  plant  department  in  this  extensive  establishment,  informs 
me  that  the  main  stem,  clear  of  the  leaves,  was  two  feet  long, 
and  terminated  in  three  clusters  of  leaves,  from  the  centre 
of  each  of  which  rose  a  flower  stem  three  feet  high.  The 
foliage,  notwithstanding  its  stiffness,  does  not  offend  the 
eye,  for  the  leaves  gradually  turn  back  as  they  grow  old,  till 
at  last  they  form  the  graceful  arrangement  shewn  in  the 
accompanying  figure. 

Nothing  can  be  better  adapted  than  these  plants  for  orna- 
menting either  artificial  or  natural  masses  of  rock-work, 
precipitous  banks,  or  other  situations  where  the  singular 
stems  can  be  so  much  above  the  eye,  as  to  form  a  bold  and 
prominent  object  standing  out  in  strong  relief  against  the 
sky.  They  are  hardy,  perennial,  and  easily  procured  in 
the  Nurseries.  The  Messrs.  Backhouse  find  this,  Y.  rufo- 
cincta,  recurvifolia,  glaucescens,  filamentosa,  and  others, 
quite  capable  of  bearing  the  winter,  even  so  far  north  as 
York.  In  the  Garden  of  the  Horticultural  Society  no 
weather  seems  to  harm  them. 


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1895 

*  y6cCA  fl&ccida. 

Weak-leaved  Adam's  Needle. 


HEXANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Liliace^e. 

YUCCA.— Su^rd,  vol.  20.  fol.  1690. 


Y.  flaccida ;  foliis    omnibus    valde   flaccidis    tenuibus    infra   medium   debiliter 

recurvo-dependentibus    loratim    longo-lanceolatis    planis     apicc     concavis 

mucronulatis  undique  asperiusculis,  filis  margin  alibus  validissimis  fulvicanti- 

bus.     Haworth,  Suppl.p.  35.     Eomer  et  Schultes  Syst.  Veg.  7.  719. 

Acaulis,    ccsspitosa,    foliis  flaccid^    recurvis,   striatis,   striarum  jugis 

interrupte  elevatis  et  hinc  superjiciem  scabram  reddentibus.     Paniculee  mul- 

tiflorce,  patentes,  glaberrimce.     Flores   ochroleuci  rubore  vix  ullo  nisi  ipsis 

apicibus  sepalorum,    subglobosi.     Petala  sepalis   duplb  latiora.      Filamenta 

pruinoso-pubescentia,  stylo  breviora. 


Of  this  the  native  country  is  unknown.  It  was  first 
noticed  in  the  Garden  of  Mr.  Vere,  of  Kensington  Gore, 
where  it  had  probably  been  raised  from  North  American 
seed.  It  is  a  pretty  and  apparently  distinct  species,  well 
marked  by  its  thread -edged  scabrous  leaves,  pallid  flowers, 
and  stemless  habit. 

The  drawing  was  made  in  July,  1835,  in  the  Garden  of 
the  Horticultural  Society,  where  the  plant  is  a  hardy  ever- 
green perennial ;  its  flowers  are  over  by  the  middle  of  August. 
It  is  readily  multiplied  by  off'sets,  and  like  the  rest  of  the 
genus  thrives  most  in  sandy  soil,  resembling  that  of  the 
sea-shore,  along  which  so  many  of  the  species  are  found 
wild  in  North  America. 

These  Yuccas  would  surely  be  excellent  plants  for  gar- 
dens on  the  sea- coast,  and  yet  one  never  sees  them  there. 


*  See  fol.  1690. 


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1896 

*  MYANTHUS  deltoideus. 

TriangulcLV  lipped  Fhjwort. 

GYNANDRIA   UQ-^ Al^HUlA, 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Vande^, 
MYANTHUS.—Suprd  vol.  18.  fol.  153B. 


M.  deltoideus ;  labello  imberbi  sagittate  triangulari,  angulis  posticls  rotundatis 
dentatis  apice  dllatato  calloso  margine  recuryo  basi  tuberculato. 

Planta  omnino  facie  M.  cernui ;  foliis  quodammodo  latioribus.  Rachis 
purpurascens,  angulata.  Bracte^  parvce,  memhranacece,  acuminulatcB. 
Petala  et  Sepala  subcequalia,  lineari-lanceolafa,  virescentia,  purpureo-macu- 
lata  et  interrupte  fasciata.  Labellum  sepalis  duplo  breviiis,  versus  basin 
saccatum,  planum,  caryiosum,  atro-purpureum,  disco  virescente,  tuberculo 
unico  oblongo  pone  basin,  et  callo  virescente  ad  apicem.     Ccetera  M.  cernui. 


This  makes  the  fourth  species  of  the  present  curious 
genus,  and  in  all  probability  many  more  will  be  added. 
It  is  a  native  of  trees  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the  great 
waterfall  of  the  Demerara  river,  where  it  was  found  by  Mr. 
Joseph  Hubbard,  who  sent  it  to  his  friend  Mr.  Booker  of 
Liverpool,  by  whom  it  was  presented  to  Richard  Harrison, 
Esq.  of  Aighburgh.  To  the  latter  gentleman  I  am  indebted 
for  the  fine  specimen  from  which  the  accompanying  drawing- 
was  made  in  October,  1835. 

Its  distinction  from  the  other  species  resides  in  its  lip, 
which  has  none  of  the  fringe-like  hairs  of  M.  barbatus  and 
cristatus,  but  is  flat,  of  a  thick  fleshy  consistence,  and  of  a 
rich  purple  colour  with  a  dash  of  green  on  its  centre  ;  its 
figure  is  arrow-headed,  with  the  barbs  rounded  off  and  ser- 
rated, and  the  point  a  little  dilated  with  the  edges  reflexed. 

*  See  folio  1721. 
VOL.  XXfT.  •  M 


When  the  third  part  of  the  Genera  and  Species  of  Oirhi- 
deous  Plants  was  published  in  1833,  I  was  only  acquainted 
with  Myanthus  cernuus,  and  cristatus,  the  latter  of  which  I 
considered  a  Catasetum,  and  the  former  as  the  only  genuine 
species  of  the  genus  ;  to  a  certain  degree  mistaking  the 
real  generic  character  of  Myanthus,  in  consequence  of  the 
imperfect  materials  of  which  only  I  was  then  in  possession. 
Now  however  that  four  species  are  known  in  a  living  state, 
it  has  become  necessary  to  alter  the  original  character  of 
the  genus  so  as  to  include  Catasetum  cristatum.  This  I 
think  is  more  advisable  than  to  combine  Myanthus  with 
Catasetum,  as  my  learned  friend  Sir  William  Hooker  has 
recommended  {Bot.  Mag.  fol.  3514).  If  the  latter  measure 
were  to  be  adopted  it  would  be  equally  necessary  to  suppress 
the  ^enQYdiMonachanthus,  Mormodes,  Ci/cnoches,  &c.  the  effect 
of  which  would  be  to  form  a  heterogeneous  collection  of 
species,  the  principal  combining  character  of  which  would 
reside  in  the  peculiar  succulent  stems.  As  the  genera  now 
stand  they  have  each  a  clear  distinction,  and  each  already 
possesses  as  many  species  a:s  are  usually  assembled  vmder 
newly  discovered  types  of  structure  ;  Myanthus  has  already 
4,  Cycnoches  2,  Monachanthiis  2,  Catasetum  5;  and  Moiinodes 
is  the  only  one  that  comprehends  only  a  solitary  species. 

Like  the  rest  of  its  allies  a  tender  stove  plant. 


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1897 

*  CRATAEGUS  Aionia. 

The  Aronia  Thorn. 


ICOSANDRIA  MONO-PENTAGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  Subord.  Pome^. 
CRATJEGUS.—Supn},  vol.  13.  fol,  1128. 


C.  Aronia ;  subinerrais  ramulis  tomentosis,  folils  cuneatis  pinnatifidis  trifidisque 
laciniis  latls  linearibus  apice  sub-incisis  supra  lucidis  subtus  glabriusculis 
glaucescentibus,  corymbis  subsessilibus,  fructibus  (armeniacis)  subangulatis 
dipyrenis,  putamlne  crassissimo. 

Mespilus  Aronia.      Willd.  enum.  Suppl. 

Cr.  Aronia.     Dec.  Prodr.  2.  629.     Loudon  Arb.  Britann.  p.  827.  f^g.  593. 

Mespilus  orientalis  apii  folio  subtus  hirsute.  Pocock.  Travels  in  the  East,  1 89. 
t.  85.  fide  Willd. 

Arbor  mediocris,  coma  conicd  subapertd,  ramis  rigidis,  nullo  modo 
Jlexuosis.  Folia,  forma  variant  ut  in  omnibus  fere  speciebus  mos  est ;  semper 
tamen  circumscriptionem  habent  cuneatam ;  tridentata  sunt,  trifda,  pin- 
natifdaque ,  laciniis  integerrimis  emarginatis  incisisque ;  facie  superiore 
scepius  glabrescunt,  subtus  pabe  quddam  pagina  obducitur.  Flores  albi 
speciosi. 


Said  to  be  a  native  of  the  Levant,  I  presume  upon  the 
authority  of  Pococke's  Travels,  which  I  have  not  at  hand  to 
consult.  Specimens  from  Gramniont  near  Montpellier  are 
before  me,  and  they  are  considered  wild  by  Professor  Delile, 
who  gathered  them.  This  I  suspect  is  the  species  which 
yields  the  fruit  called  at  Montpellier  Pommettes  a  deux  closes, 
and  not  C.  Azarolus. 

It  is  very  near  C.  Azarolus,  of  which  indeed  it  might  be 
considered  a  mere  variety,  if  it  were  not  so  much  more  hardy, 
nearly  destitute  of  pubescence,  and  constantly  furnished  with 


*-  See  folio  1161. 

M  2 


two  stones  in  its  fruit;   in  the  true  Azarole  there  are  five, 
according  to  Scopoli. 

The  tree  of  C.  Aronia  is,  next  to  C.  maroccana  and  hete- 
rophylla,  the  largest  and  most  like  timber  of  all  the  thorns. 
It  grows  very  fast,  makes  a  handsome  head,  and  on  account 
of  the  great  quantity  of  apricot-coloured  fruit  with  which  it 
is  loaded,  is  a  suitable  ornament  for  lawns  and  grass  in 
pleasure  grounds. 

This  plant  furnishes  a  whimsical  illustration  of  the  blun- 
ders sometimes  made  by  careless  compilers.  It  is  supposed 
to  be  the  plant  described  and  figured  in  Dr.  Pococke's  Tra- 
vels in  the  East ;  these  are  quoted  by  Willdenow  thus,  Pock, 
orient. ;  De  Candolle  copying  this  author  prints  Pocock.  cr., 
the  c  in  cr  being  substituted  for  o  by  a  typographical  error  ; 
a  modern  writer  copying  De  Candolle,  and  knowing  nothing 
about  Dr.  Pococke,  quotes  him  thus,  Pococke  Cratcegi ;  thus 
making  that  learned  Orientalist  the  author  of  a  monograph  on 
the  genus  Cratcegus ! 


1898 

*  EPIDENDRUM  imulum. 

Emulous  Epidendrum. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 


Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Epidendre^. 
EPIDJENDRUM.—Suprct,  vol.  l.foL  17. 


§   1.  Foliisin  pseudobulbos  insidentibus. 

E.  cemulum  ;  rhizomate  repente,  pseudobulbis  ovalibus  compressis,  foliis  soli- 
tarils  oblongo-lanceolatis  coriaceis,  sepalis  petalisque  linearl-lanceolatis 
aequalibus  patentibus,  labello  subrotundo  mucronato  cochleato  lineato  inte- 
gerrimo,  racemo  paucifloro. 

Rhizoma  pennam  anserinam  crassum,  repens,  apice  squamis  memhra- 
naceis  deciduis  vestitum.  Pseudobulbi  2  poll,  longi,  glabri,  rugosi,  ohlongi, 
compressi.  Racemus  3-4-Jloriis,  folii  longitudine.  Florcs  E.  fragranti 
simillimi,  sed  3-plo  minores ;  petala  non  sepalis  latiora,  et  labellum  mu- 
cronatum  nee  cuspidatum. 


A  very  rare  little  plant,  closely  allied  to  the  variable 
E.f vaginalis,  from  which  it  is  distinguished  by  its  pseudo- 
bulbs  being  very  exactly  oval,  and  not  tapered  to  each  end, 
by  its  more  leathery  less  acuminate  leaves,  and  very  much 
smaller  flowers,  the  petals  of  which  are  the  same  width  as 
the  sepals. 

A  native  of  Para,  whence  it  was  sent  by  Mr.  Hesketh, 
the  English  Consul,  to  Richard  Harrison,  Esq.  who  favoured 
me  with  a  specimen  in  February,  1834. 

A  tender  stove  species. 

*  See  folio  1415. 


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1899 

PENTSTEMON   heteropliyllmn. 
Various-leaved  Pentstemon. 


DIDYNAMIA  A-NGIOSPERMIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Scrophulariace^. 
PENTSTEMON. Suprd,  vol.  13./o/.  1131. 


P.  heterophyllum  ;  follis  glaucescentibus  integerrlmls  inferioribus  lincari-lancco- 
latis  superloribus  linearibus,  racemo  virgato,  sepalis  ovatis  acumiiiatis, 
corollis  ventricosis  imberbibus,  stamine  sterili  glabro,  antheris  sagittatis  apice 
fimbriatis. 

CauWs  \h-'2.-pedalis,  virgatus,  glaucescens,  basi  purpureus.  Folia  sub- 
coriacea,  obtusa,  vix  unquam  serrulata.  Corollse  IcBtc  purpurecB,  glabcr- 
rimce,  fere  1|  unciam  longce,  ventricosce,  laciniis  lahii  superioris  oblique 
rotundatis,  inferioris  intermedid  lateralibus  paulo  angustiore.  Pedicelli 
supra  medium  bibracteati.  Filamentum  sterile  album,  glaberrimum,  sub- 
emarginatum. 


A  native  of  California,  where  the  seeds  were  collected  by 
Mr.  Douglas.  It  is  a  hardy  herbaceous  plant,  propagated 
by  cuttings  as  well  as  seeds,  and  flowering  from  June  to 
October.  The  stems  are  rather  woody,  and  if  not  supported 
artificially  fall  upon  the  ground,  and  throw  out  a  number  of 
lateral  shoots. 

The  upper  part  of  the  plant  is  sometimes  furnished  with 
leaves  so  narrow  as  to  be  almost  linear ;  the  lower  has  them 
of  an  oblong  lanceolate  form ;  so  that  a  person  unaware  of 
the  circumstance  would  be  apt  to  mistake  portions  of  the 
same  individual  for  different  species. 

Drawn  in  the  garden  of  the  Horticultural  Society,  where 
the  plant  grows  in  common  garden  soil. 

*   Sec  fol.  1245. 


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1900 

*  ESCALLONIA  illinita. 

Varnished  Escallonia. 


PENTANDRIA  MONOCVNIA. 
Nat.    Old.    ESCALLONIACE^. 

ESCALLONIA.  L. Calycis  tubus  hemisphaericus,   ovario   adiiatus, 

limbus  epigynus  quinquedentatus.  Petala  5,  annulo  epigyno  inserta.  Stamina 
5,  cum  petalis  inserta,  iisdem  alterna.  Capsula  bilocularis,  a  basi  versus  apicera 
septiclde  dehiscens.  Semina  plurlma,  placentis  in  utroque  loculo  treminis,  e 
columella  centrali  filiformi  ortis  affixa,  scrobiculata.  Albumen  carnosum, 
copiosum.  Embryo  orthotropus,  axilis.  P'uppig  et  Endlicher  Nov.  qen  ct 
sp.  1.8.  ^     ' 


E.  illinita ;    follis   oblongo-lanceolatis   serrulatis    viscosis    vernicosis,    corymbis 

subtrifloris  racemosis,  disco  epigyno  hemispha^rico. 
E.  illinita.     Presl.  Reliq.  Hcenk.  vol.  2.  p.  49.  t.  59.      Hooker  et  Arnott  in 

Bot.  Miscell.  3.  343. 

Frutex  sempervire7is,  dumosus,  undique  vernice  obductus,  odorem  gravem 
Meliloti  aid  Fceni  GrcBci  spirans.  Rami  vernicis  acervulis  papillosi.  Folia 
pallida  viridia,  nunc  tantum  lucida,  nunc  vernicem  nitidissimam  ex  puiictis 
numerosissimis  exsudantia.  Racemi  terminales,  corymbis  constantes  pluribus 
alternis  trifloris  bractea  parva  foliacea  suffultis.  Flores  albidi,  subvires- 
centes.  Calyx  limbo  ca7npanulato  truncato,  dentihus  5,  subulatis.  Petala  5, 
distincta.  Stamina  5,  petalis  alterna  et  paulo  breviora.  Discus  epigynus 
Jiavus,  hemisphcericus,  areolis  10  nectariferis  subdepressis  circa  verticem. 
Ovarium  biloculare,  polyspermum. 


This  is  by  far  the  most  hardy  of  the  many  species  of 
Escallonia  at  present  in  our  gardens,  and  is  not  unHkely  to 
become  a  common  evergreen.  If  this  should  prove  so,  the 
pale  green  of  the  leaves,  their  varnished  ap})earance,  and 
the  peculiar  habit  of  the  plant,  will  render  it  a  valuable 
ornamental  species,  notwithstanding  the  want  of  beauty  in 
its  greenish  white  flowers. 

*  See  folio  1467. 


It  is  a  native  of  the  mountains  of  Chili ;  the  late  Dr. 
Gillies  met  with  it  at  El  Arroyo  de  los  Limes,  and  Valle  del 
Rio  Tinguirica;  and  a  supposed  variety  at  La  Siente  Vieja 
and  La  Cuesta  de  Chacabuco ;  Bridges  found  the  latter  at 
La  Laguna,  near  Valparaiso. 

Flowers  in  August  and  September  ;  and  readily  enough 
multiplied  by  cuttings.  The  figure  was  made  in  the  garden 
of  the  Horticultural  Society. 

The  whole  plant  emits  a  powerful  odour,  which  to  some 
persons  is  highly  disagreeable,  appearing  to  them  to  resemble 
the  smell  of  swine ;  to  me  it  seems  less  unpleasant,  and  much 
more  like  the  odour  of  Melilot  or  Fenugreek. 

The  most  showy  plant  of  this  kind  is  the  Escallonia  Mon- 
tevidensis,  which  is  also  nearly  hardy.  That  species  is 
usually  covered  with  hundreds  of  hemispherical  heads  of 
clear  white  flowers,  over  which  countless  insects  keep  up  a 
busy  hum,  as  they  spring  from  blossom  to  blossom  in  search 
of  the  rich  store  of  honey  concealed  within  the  recesses  of 
the  calyx-cup.  As  one  looks  at  these  creatures  enlivened 
by  the  warmth  of  a  bright  sunny  day,  one  cannot  but  admire 
the  exquisite  beauty  of  the  ball  room  that  nature  thus  pro- 
vides for  an  insect  festival. 

The  disk  of  this  species  does  not  surround  the  base  of 
the  style  in  the  form  of  a  cup,  but  adheres  to  it  in  the  form 
of  a  solid  yellow  cone.  I  do  not  know  whether  such  a  dis- 
tinction is  of  more  than  specific  value. 


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-  ;^v^y  J.£/U^u^  /^  Stocax/i/^  O^.  /.  W6. 


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1901 

*  SCAPHYGLOTTIS  violacea. 

Violet  Boatlip. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 
Nat.  Orel.    ORCHIDACEyE,  §  VANDEiE. 

SCAPHYGLOTTIS.  Poppig  et  Endlicher  Nova  Genera  et  Species 
Plantarum,  1.  58.  Sepala  conniventia,  lateralla  basi  paulo  producta  cum  pede 
columnar  connata  labello  supposita,  siipremum  lineare  convexum.  Petala  con- 
formia  sed  paulo  brevlora.  Labellum  oblongum  canaliculatum  cum  pede  paulu- 
lum  producto  columnse  continuum  eique  in  parallelum,  margine  leviter  repandum. 

Columna    marginata.     Pollinia  4.   teretia,  glandulam  cuneatam  sessilia. 

Herbas  epzp/j?//«,  cazilesce7ites,nuncpseudobulbosce  in  axillis.    Folia  cormcea, 
angusta.     Floras  parvi,  axillares,  pedunculis  dense  vaginatis. 


S.   violacea ;  pseudobulbis  nuUis,   foliis  linearibus   apice   emarginatis,    floribus 

subgeminis,  labello  lineari  apiculato  leviter  repando. 
Cladobium  violaceum.     Lindl.  Nat.  syst.  of  Botany,  p.  446. 

Caules  teretes,  striati,  articulati,  verosimiliter  penduli,  ad  nodos  proli- 
feri.  Folia  1-2  poll,  longa,  linearia  v.  lineari-lanceolata,  emarginata, forte 
in  pseudobulbos  insidentia  dum  planta  vegetior  pullulat.  Flores  minuti, 
violacei,  pedunculis  dense  vaginatis  brevissimis,  geminati.  Sepala  lateralia 
basi  producta  et  ohliqua,  supremo  lineari  duplb  latiora.  Petala  supremo 
conformia,  sed  paulo  breviora  et  minus  colorata.  Labellum  album,  cum  basi 
leviter  producto  columnce  continuum,  carnosum,  canaliculatdm,  lineare, 
apiculatum,  apice  purpurascens,  margine  leviter  repandum  ideoque  subtrilo- 
bum.  Columna  semiteres,  alba,  apice  utrinque  unidentata.  Pollinia  4,  dis- 
tincta,  teretia,  in  glandulam  triangularem  sessilia. 


A  native  of  Demerara,  whence  it  was  imported  by  Messrs. 
Loddiges.  It  is  not  a  species  of  any  beauty,  but  it  is  a  great 
Botanical  rarity,  flowering  in  the  Orchideous  stove  in 
February, 


'"  ^Ki'tfjjoc  a  boat,  and  yXwrro  a  tongue,  in  allusion  to  the  usual  form   of  the 
labellum. 


It  constitutes,  along  with  some  other  South  American 
plants  with  a  similar  habit,  a  genus  representing  among 
Vandeae  Isochilus  in  the  Epidendreous  section  ;  and  distinctly 
characterized  by  its  flowers  having  the  calyx  and  corolla  of 
Speckliniay  combined  with  pollen  masses  of  a  very  unusual 
structure.  When  four  pollen  masses  are  combined  in  pairs, 
they  are  usually  pressed  so  close  together  that  the  one  is 
flattened  against  the  other,  and  they  seem  as  if  in  reality 
each  pair  were  produced  by  the  slitting  of  one  ;  in  this  genus, 
on  the  contrary,  each  mass  is  rounded  and  separate  from  its 
neighbours. 

When  I  published  this  plant  in  the  work  above  quoted, 
under  the  name  of  Cladobium  violaceum,  I  had  not  seen  the 
late  parts  of  Poppig  and  Endlicher's  Nova  genera,  which  ap- 
peared in  the  end  of  1835 ;  and  consequently  I  was  unaware 
of  the  genus  having  been  already  named  Scaphyglottis  in 
that  work.  Perhaps  as  the  name  Cladobium  was  in  circu- 
lation, from  me,  so  long  since  as  February,  1835,  I  might  on 
that  ground  set  up  a  claim  to  priority,  and  preserve  it; 
but  as  Mr.  Poppig  has  described  several  species,  I  think 
the  interests  of  science  will  be  best  consulted  by  cancelling 
Cladobium  and  adopting  Scaphyglottis. 

Of  the  dissections,  1.  is  an  entire  flower  seen  in  profile 
and  magnified ;  2.  is  a  side  view  of  the  column  and  lip  ; 
3.  a  view  of  the  lip  from  above ;  4.  a  set  of  pollen  masses 
with  their  gland. 


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S^>c. 


1902 

*  CYTISUS  eeolicus. 

jEolian  Cytisus. 


DIADELPHIA   BECA^DRIA. 
Nat.  ord.    FABACEiE  or  LEGUMINOSiE,  §    PAPILIONACEiE. 

CYTISUS.— Suprd,  vol.  2.  fol.  121. 


Sect.   2.    Laburnum.      Calyx    campanulatus.      Legumina  polysperma   ad 

suturam   superiorem    non  dilatata. Flores  fiavi.      Rami  inermes 

foliosi.     DC. 

C.  ceolicus ;  ramis  teretibus  folilsque  incanis,  foliolis  ovalibus  tomento  marginatis, 
floribus  ternis  subebracteatis  racemosis,  calycibus  membranaceis  campanu- 
latis  pubescentibus  |,  leguminibus  glabris. 

C.  aeolicus.     Gussone  ined. 

Frutex  elatus.  Rami  pilis  mollihus  patentibus  hirsuti.  Folia  ternata, 
incana ;  foliolis  anguste  ovalibus,  subsessilibus,  petiolo  longioribus,  tomento 
viarginatis.  Racemi  terminales,  breves,  flexuosi,  rachi  tomentosd.  Flores 
lutein  geminati  ternatique,  pedicellis  calyce  longioribus,  pubescentibus. 
Calyx  campanulatus  membranaceus ,  pubescens,  bilabiatus :  labio  superiore 
2-dentato  inferiore  ovato  integerrimo.  Vexillum  oblongum,  obttisum,  alis 
longius  marginibus  rejiexis.  Carina  basi  pubescens,  unguibus  linearibus  an- 
gustissimis.  Stamina  monadelpha,  antheris  alternis  minoribus.  Legumina 
juniora  glabra. 


From  the  seed  of  a  plant  marked  Cytisus  cboUcus  in  the 
garden  of  Professor  Tenore,  at  Naples,  and  said  to  be  a  new 
species  discovered  in  Stromboli  by  Professor  Gussone,  this 
plant  was  raised  by  the  Honourable  W.  F.  Strangways,  in 
his  curious  garden  at  Abbotsbury  in  Dorsetshire.  It 
flowered  there  this  year  for  the  first  time  in  England,  and 
specimens  were  given  me  in  May  of  the  present  year ;  it  is 
expected  that  the  blossoms  will  become  handsomer  and  more 
copious  as  it  grows  older. 


*  See  fol.  1191, 


The  climate  of  Stromboli  does  not  hold  out  much  pros- 
pect of  this  plant  being  hardy  enough  to  bear  English 
winters,  without  some  kind  of  protection ;  1  do  not  however 
anticipate  any  difficulty  in  preserving  it  against  a  wall  on  a 
well  drained  border. 

In  foliage  it  bears  a  striking  resemblance  to  C.  proli- 
ferus,  but  its  flowers  are  altogether  different.  Its  real  affinity 
seems  to  be  with  C.  trijiorus,  from  which  it  differs  in  being  a 
much  larger  and  more  woody  plant,  with  terminal  racemes 
of  flowers,  in  its  larger,  deeper  and  more  distinctly  campa- 
nulate  calyx,  and  smooth,  not  hairy  pods.  It  seems  as  if 
it  were  an  intermediate  species  between  C.  Laburnum  and 
C.  trijiorus. 


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1903 

*  LAPEYR6uSIA  anceps. 

Two-edged  Lapeyrousia. 


TRIANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Iridace^. 

LAPEYROUSIA.  Pourr. — Pcrianthium  hypocrateriforme ;  tubo  lon- 
gissimo  gracili ;  limbo  sexpartito  subregulari.  Stamina  3,  tubo  superne  in- 
serta.  Stylus  filiformis  ;  stiymata  3,  gracilia,  bifida,  patentia.  Capsula  mem- 
branacea,  triangularis.     Semina  numerosa,  triquetra  (sphterica).    Dietrich. 


L.  anceps ;    caule    folioso  ancipiti  angulis    dentatis,  foliis   ensiformibus  rectis, 
bracteis  cucuUatis  subcrispis  foliosis,  laciniis  limbi  subspathulatis. 

Gladiolus  anceps.      Thunb.  dissert,  no.  17.  t.  2.y.  3. 

Gladiolus  denticulatus.     Lamark  illustr.  1.  118. 

Ixia  Fabricii.  De  la  Roche  dissert,  p.  18.  no.  5. 

Ixia  Lapeyrousia.      Gmelin  syst~veg.  108. 

Ixia  pyraraidalis.    Lamark  Enc.  Meth.  2.  334.  Illustr.  1.  109. 

Lapeyrousia  compressa.     Pourr.  act.  tolas.  3.  t.  6. 

Lapeyrousia  anceps.     Ker.  Ann.  Bot.  1.238. 

Ovieda  anceps.     Sjireng.  syst.  1.  147. 

Meristostigma  anceps.     Dietr.  Sp.  plant,  vol.  2.  596. 

Flores  albi,   odoratissimi.     Ovarium    triloculare,  polyspermum,    ovulis 

serie  duplici  affixis,  horizontalibus.     Stylus  filiformis ;  stigmata  3,  bipartita, 

filiformia,  cequalia.     Capsula  membranacea,  obcordata,  triquetra,  corrugata, 

pisi  maximi  magnitudine ;    semina   sphcerica,    minutissime  papillosa,  testa 

papyraced,  raphe  tenui  simplici,  chalaza  carnosd  depressd.     Embryo  teres, 

albus,  in  axi  albuminis  cornel. 


An  uncommon,  though  long  known,  Cape  plant,  having 
nothing  to  boast  of  in  point  of  rich  colouring  or  fantastical 
structure,  but  with  a  pretty  modest  aspect  and  a  delicate 
delightful  perfume. 

It  is  usually  cultivated  in  a  greenhouse,  but  will  thrive 
perfectly  in  a  cold  frame,  well  drained  in  winter,  and  ex- 


*  Named  in  compliment  to  Mons.  Picot  de  la  Peyrousc,  author  of  figures 
of  Pyrenean  Plants,  and  a  short  history  of  the  Pyrenean  Flora. 


posed  to  the  warm  and  bright  south   in  summer.     It  then 
flow.ers  in  June  and  July,  and  ripens  its  seeds  about  October. 

The  figure  was  taken  from  a  plant  in  the  possession  of 
John  Rogers,  Esq.  jun.  of  Streatham. 

Fig.  1.  is  a  view  of  the  vertical  section  of  the  ovary; 
2.  is  a  transverse  section  of  the  same ;  3.  shews  the  stigmas 
and  point  of  the  styles. 


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y.  '4'>^c:^  Ay. 


1904 

*  lONOPSIS  tenera. 
Delicate  lonops'is. 

GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Vande^. 

lONOPSIS,  Kunth.  -^  Perianthium  clausum.  Sepala  lateralia  basi 
approximata,  (v.  connata)  cum  basi  labelli  connata.  Petala  sepalis  conformia. 
Labellum  sepalis  multo  majus,  basi  saccatum,  ungue  bicalloso  columna  parallelo, 
lamina  explanata  patente  biloba.  Columna  erecta,  aptera,  semiteres,  rostello 
rostrato.     Anthera   1-locularis  rostrata.     PolUniaQ,  postice  sulcata,  caudiculS. 

lineari  inclusa,  glandula  obovata. Herbse  epiphyfce,  acaules.  Folia  coriacea. 

Scapi    paniculati,    vaginati.      Floras  parvi,   pallidi.      Lindl.    Gen.    &    Sp. 
Orch.  193. 


I.  tenera ;  foliis  carinatis  aouminatis,  scapo  subsimplici,  sepalis  acutis  lateralibus 
liberis  labello    cuneato  obliqu^  truncato  bilobo  crenulato  duplo  brevioribus. 


The  species  of  this  genus  are  but  little  known.  It  is  seldom  that  they 
appear  in  gardens,  in  consequence  of  the  difficulty  attending  their  preser- 
vation on  shipboard,  and  when  imported  they  are  difficult  to  manage  and 
soon  are  lost.  In  their  native  woods  they  grow  upon  the  smaller  branches 
of  trees,  or  upon  dead  sticks,  which  their  white  slender  delicate  roots 
quickly  overspread.  When  cultivated  they  require  all  the  aid  of  a  hot 
and  damp  stove. 

Materials  to  illustrate  this  genus  are  so  uncommon,  that  there  is  much 
difficulty  in  ascertaining  what  species  it  contains.  I  think,  however,  four 
may  be  safely  characterized,  exclusively  of  I.  pulchella  and  testiculata. 
The  first  of  these  is  figured  in  the  Collectanea  Botanica,  under  the  name 
of  I.  utricularioides  ;  it  is  a  smaller  plant  in  all  respects  than  the  other 
three,  has  a  panicled  scape,  and  its  labellum  is  not  much  longer  than  the 
sepals,  which  are  acute ;  a  second  is  Sir  William  Hooker's  lantha  palli- 
diflora,  which  has  a  large  lip  with  a  little  irregular  toothing  at  its  margin, 
and  extremely  obtuse  sepals  and  petals.  The  third  is  that  now  repre- 
sented, which  differs  from  I.  pallidiflora  in  its  sepals  being  acute,  and  its 


*  Literally  Violet-faced ;  lov  a  violet  and  o\\jiz  look  ;  why  so  named  1  do  not 
know. 

VOL.  XX n.  N 


leaves  sharp-pointed  and  earinate,  without  any  intermediate  tooth  between 
the  lobes  of  the  lip.  The  fourth  is  a  very  remarkable  species,  with  which 
I  am  acquainted  through  an  extensive  unpublished  collection  of  excellent 
water-colour  drawings,  by  Mons.  Descourtilz,  of  Brazilian  Orchideous 
plants,  obligingly  lent  me  by  Baron  Delessert.  Tliis  species  has  purple 
panicled  scapes  a  foot  and  half  long,  bending  gracefully  beneath  the 
weight  of  the  delicate  snow-white  flowers.  It  was  found  in  the  ancient 
forests  of  Brazil,  in  the  province  of  St.  Paul.  M.  Descourtilz  mentions  a 
variety  of  it  with  flowers  of  a  delicate  and  pure  rose  colour.  "  Son  inflores- 
cence," he  says,  "  a  lieu  dans  les  mois  de  Septembre  et  d'  Octobre,  et  se 
prolonge  jusqu'en  Mars  sans  que  lesjleurs  sefanent ;  elles  sont  inodores." 

The  systematic  characters  of  these  species  are  given  below.  For  the 
following  note,  and  the  drawing  of  the  accompanying  plate,  I  have  to 
thank  Mr.  Booth,  the  very  intelligent  gardener  of  Sir  Charles  Lemon, 
Bart. 

"  This  elegant  little  plant  flowered  in  May  last,  in  Sir  Charles  Lemon's 
collection  at  Carclew,  to  which  it  was  presented  by  Captain  Sutton,  of 
Flushing,  near  Falmouth,  who  brought  it  from  Havannah  in  March,  1835." 

"  Pseudo-bulhs,  very  small  and  nearly  hidden  by  the  leaves,  oval,  deep 
green.  Leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  of  a  brownish  green  colour,  striated, 
sheathing  at  the  base,  thick  and  fleshy,  from  2  to  4  inches  long,  and  about 
half  an  inch  broad,  slightly  earinate,  and  tapering  to  a  narrow  point. 
Scape  produced  from  the  bottom  of  the  small  pseudo-bulb,  and  rising  from 
8  to  10  inches  high ;  jointed,  round  and  slender,  nearly  erect,  of  a  pale 
brownish  green,  bearing  a  number  of  delicately  marked  flowers  arranged 
alternately  in  a  loose  sort  of  panicle.  Sejmls  very  small  and  thin,  closely 
laid  over  the  petals  which  they  resemble  in  colour,  but  are  rather  shorter 
and  more  acuminate.  Petals  oblong,  rounded  at  the  edge,  concealing  the 
column.  Labellum  large,  and  spreading,  two-lobed,  almost  obcordate, 
with  a  spur  at  the  base,  of  a  pale  pinkish  colour,  beautifully  marked  with 
bright  violet-coloured  veins,  darkest  towards  the  claw,  which  has  two, 
raised,  fleshy,  yellow  appendages,  parallel  to,  and  about  twice  the  length 
of,  the  column  :  the  latter  is  pale  green  and  roundish  oblong." 


I.  utricular ioides  (Collect.  Bot.  t.  39.  A.)  foliis  carlnatis  acuminatis,    scapo 

ramoso,  sepalis   acutis  lateralibus  liberis,  labello    cuneato  oblique   truncate 

bilobo  integerrlmo. Labellum  sepalis  dimidio  tantum  longius.      Floras 

minimi  in  genere. Ins.  Trinitatis. 

\.  palUdiftora  (lantha  pallidiflora,  Hooker  Exot.  Fl.  t.  113.)  foliis  hnearibus 
obtusis  planiusculis,  scapo  subsimplici,  sepalis  obtusissimis  lateralibus 
liberis  labello  cuneato  oblique  truncate  bilobo  cuspidulato  crenulato  dupl6 
brevioribus. Ins.  Trinitatis. 

I.  paniculata  (Epidendre  panicule,  Descourtilz  Epidendr.  Bras.  ined.  in  bibl. 
Delessert  t.  .54.)  foliis  lineari-lanceolatis  carinatis,  scapo  ramosissimo,  sepalis 
acutis  lateralibus  ultra  medium  connatis  labello   obcordato  apiculato  piano 

integerrimo   duplo  brevioribus. Flores   majores  quam  in  I.  tenera,  albi. 

Labellum  medio  purpureo  lineatum,  basi  flavum.     Variat  floribus  roseis. 

In  sylvis  primaevis  Brasilise,  prov.  S'.  Pauli. 


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1905 

*  RONDELETIA  odorata. 
Sweet-scented  Rondeletia. 


HEXANDRIA  MQ-NOGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Cinchonaceje. 

RONDELETIA,  Plwm. — Calycis  tubus  subglobosus,  limbus  4-5-parti- 
tus,  lobis  oblongis  linearibusve  acutis  persistentibus.  Cor.  tubo  cyllndrlco  vix 
apice  subventricoso,  limbo  patente  4-5-lobo,  lobis  subrotundis  ;  antherce  4-5,  in 
aplce  tubi  inclusae,  sessiles.  Sfiyma  bifidum.  Capsula  globosa,  calyce  coro- 
nata,  bilocularis,  ex  apice  dehiscens  invalvulas  2,  ssepius  apice  iissas,  und^  seepfe 
4-valvis  videtur,  nunc  loculicido-rarius  septicido-dehiscens.  PlacentcB  centrales. 
Semina  plurima,  minima,  ovato-angulata,  ssep^  2  tantiim  in  loculo  maturescentia. 
— Arbusculae  aut  frutices  omnes  ex  America.  YoY\^  plus  minus  petiolata  aut 
subsessilia.  Stipulae  deltoidece  aut  lanceolato-lineures,  utrinque  solitarice, 
indiviscB,  interdum  intus  hirsutcB.  Pedunculi  axillares,  scepius  trichotomi, 
interdum  in  paniculam  corijmhosam  terminalem  dispositi,  rarius  tri-  imo  uni- 
fiori.     DC.  prodr.  4.  406. 


R,.  odorata ;  foliis  vix  petiolatis  ovatis  aut  subcordatis  acutiusculis,  supra  sparse 
scabris,  subtus  pallidioribus  in  nervis  tantum  scabris,  corymbis  terminalibus. 
D.C.X.c. 

R.  odorata.      Jacq.  Amer.  t.  42.  p.  59.     Linn.  Sp.  1671. 

R.  coccinea.     Quormidam. 

R.  speciosa.     Hort. 

Obs.   Os  corolla;  cyatho  brevi  inteyro  munitum,  characterem  dat  aucto- 

ribus  recentioribus  prcetervisum. 


The  accompanying  drawing  was  made  in  the  hothouse 
of  Messrs.  Loddiges,  in  December,  1834.  The  plant  more 
usually  flowers  three  months  earlier  ;  it  requires  to  be  kept 
in  a  stove,  and  by  no  means  exposed  to  cold  even  in  the 
summer. 


*  "  So  named  by  Plumier  after  Guillaume  Rondelet,  a  physician  and  natu- 
ralist, bom  in  1507,  died  in  1566.  He  is  principally  known  for  his  works  on 
Algae  and  Fishes.  Rabelais  ridiculed  him  under  the  name  of  Rondibilis.  He 
is  accused  of  having  given  a  horrible  proof  of  his  love  for  anatomy,  m  dissecting 
his  own  son."^De  Theis. 

N    2 


Jacquin,  who  found  it  in  the  Havanna,  on  bush-covered 
rocks  near  the  sea,  and  sometimes  growing  upon  the  naked 
rock  itself,  describes  it  as  an  inelegant  straggling  shrub  about 
six  feet  high.  He  says  the  bright  vermilion  coloured  flowers 
are  as  sweet-scented  as  violets ;  a  property  however  which 
exists  in  only  a  slight  degree  in  the  cultivated  plant. 

It  is  usually  known  in  gardens  by  the  erroneous  name  of 
Rondeletia  speciosa. 


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1906 

*  EPIMEDIUM  macranthum. 
Large-jlowered  Epimedium. 


TETR ANURIA  MONOGYH^IA. 


Nat.  ord.  Berberace^e. 

EPIMEDIUM,  L. — Sepala  4,   discolora,   petalis   opposlta.     Petala  8, 
colorata;  exteriora  simplicia;  interiora  calcarata.  'S^«/rtin«  4,  petalis  interioribus 

opposita.       Capsula    siliculfeformis,    polysperma. Herba;    perennes,    foliis 

radicalibus  comjiositis,  foliolis  serrato-aristalis. 


E.  macranthum  ;  foliis  triternatis,  foliolis  cordatis  ovatis,petiolis  pilosis,  raceinis 
multifloris,  sepalis  Hnearibus  obtusis,  petalis  ovato-lanceolatis  exterioribus 
quam  interiorum  calcaria  duplo  brevioribus. 

E.  macranthum.      Morren  ^  Decaisne  Ann.  des  Sc.  ser.  II.  2.  352.  t.  13. 


A  very  pretty  sweet-scented  species,  remarkable  for  the 
large  size  of  its  pale  violet  flowers.  It  has  been  amply  de- 
scribed by  Messrs.  Morren  and  Decaisne,  from  plants  that 
flowered  in  the  garden  of  the  University  of  Ghent,  where  it 
forms  one  out  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  species  of  Japanese 
plants  bronght  to  Europe  alive  by  Dr.  von  Siebold.  This  is 
by  far  the  most  considerable  importation  from  Japan  that 
has  yet  been  made,  and  its  results  have  been  so  satisfactory 
as  to  lead  us  to  hope  that  the  Dutch  may  be  the  means  of 
bringing  us  acqnainted  with  a  larger  portion  of  the  beautiful 
plants  of  that  most  singular  country. 

The  drawing  of  this  species  was  made  in  April  last,  from 
a  plant  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Osborne  of  the  Fulham  Nur- 
sery.    It  is  no  doubt  quite  hardy,   and  is  well  worth  the 


*  An  old  name,  supposed  to  be  derived  from  Media,  where  the  plant  to  which 
it  belonged  was  reported  to  grow  ;  that  j)lant  does  not  however  appear  to  have 
had  any  resemblance  to  the  Epimedium  of  modern  writers. 


notice  of  all  lovers  of  pretty  and  curious  plants.  Two  more 
species  of  the  same  genus,  E.  violaceum  and  Musschianum, 
are  in  the  garden  of  Ghent. 

The  Epimedium  alpinum  is  common  in  Botanical  gardens, 
but  its  dusky  brown  flowers  are  so  small  as  to  escape  notice ; 
it  is  reputed  to  be  a  wild  British  plant,  but  Messrs.  Morren 
and  Decaisne  are  of  opinion  that  it  is  merely  an  outcast  from 
gardens,  and  that  it  is  not  really  wild  north  of  the  Maritime 
Alps  in  44°  n.  lat. 

The  dissections  at  the  bottom  of  the  plate  represent,  fig.  1. 
one  of  the  innermost  petals,  or  nectaries  as  they  are  usually 
called,  with  a  stamen  growing  just  in  the  mouth  of  its  cavity  ; 

2.  a  stamen  with  the  valves  of  its  anthers  turning  backwards; 

3.  a  pistil ;  4.  a  section  of  its  ovary,  shewing  how  the  ovules 
grow  in  two  rows  to  an  elevated  placenta  ;  I  do  not  find  them 
in  three  rows  as  described  and  figured  by  the  learned  Bota- 
nists above  quoted. 


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y.'^f^/ti.  JC: 


1907 

*  A8PASIA  variegata. 
Variegated  Aspasia. 


GYNANDRIA  MONAXDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Vande^e. 

ASPASIA.  Lindl.  —  Perianthium  patens,  sequale.  Sepala  lateralia 
libera;  supremum  cum  petalis  basi  et  dorso  columnae  connatum.  Lahellum  ob- 
longum,  concavum,  ecalcaratum,  obsolete  4-lobum,  cum  columna  seml-connatura. 
Columna  labello  parallela,  semiteres,   marginata.      Antheru  bilocularis.      Pol- 

linia  2,  pyriformia,  postic^  sulcata,  caudlcula  plana  cuneata,  glandula  parva. 

Herbse  epiphytes,  caulescentes,  pseudobulbosce.      Folia  subcoriacea.     Spicae 
radicales,  breves. 


A.  variegata;  pseudobulbis  oblongis  ancipitibus,  sepalis  lineari-oblongis  petalis- 
que  subrhomboideis  acutis,  labelli  lobis  lateralibus  recurvis  intermedioque 
carnosis  serratis. 

BracteJE  ovatce,  cucullatcB,  herbacecB,  coriacece.  Sepala  coriacea,  herbacea, 
sanguineo  fasciata.  Petala  herbacea  luteo-marginata  sanguineo  interrupt^ 
striata,  cum  basi  sepali  supremi  connata  ideoque  oblique  inserta.  Labellum 
carnosum,  serratum,  album,  violaceo-maculatum,  basi  limbi  bicallosum. 
Pollinia  pyriformia,  postice  sulcata  caudiculd  simplici  inserta. 


A  native  of  the  tropical  part  of  South  America.  I  re- 
ceived specimens  of  it  for  the  first  time  from  Mr.  Joseph 
Knight  of  the  King's  Road,  in  February,  1836,  and  subse- 
quently from  Mr.  Bateman.  The  flowers  are  deliciously 
sweet  in  the  morning.  It  will  probably  prove  a  plant  of  easy 
cultivation,  and  if  so  it  will  deserve  to  be  in  every  collection. 

In  most  respects  it  is  very  like  A.  epidendroides,  for  which, 
before  I  carefully  examined  it  for  publication,  I  had  mistaken 


*  From  aaira'Cofiai  I  embrace,  in  allusion  to  the  manner  in  which  the  column 
is  embraced  by  the  labellum. 


it.  Tliere  are  however  some  essential  differences  between 
them,  especially  in  the  form  of^the  labellum,  and  in  the  far 
greater  degree  of  obliquity  in  the  insertion  of  the  back  sepal 
in  A.  epidendroides  ;  it  is  moreover  probable  from  the  dried 
specimens  of  the  latter  that  its  flowers  are  whole  coloured ; 
I  have  subjoined  a  character  by  which  it  may  be  distin- 
guished. 

In  the  same  collection  of  unpublished  drawings,  belong- 
ing to  Baron  Delessert,  to  which  I  have  already  referred  (foL 
1904),  there  is  a  figure  of  a  third  species  of  this  genus.  It 
has  oblong  smooth  not  two-edged  pseudo-bulbs,  solitary  much 
larger  scentless  flowers,  of  which  the  sepals  and  petals  are 
yellowish  green  blotched  with  crimson,  and  the  lip  and 
column  pure  white,  with  a  faint  purplish  crescent-shaped 
stain  in  the  middle  of  the  lip.  M.  Descourtilz  found  it  on 
the  Cedrela  in  Brazil,  in  the  district  of  Bananal.  A  variety 
of  it  is  mentioned  by  him  with  a  pale  lilac  lip,  the  stain  on 
which  is  deep  violet.  He  also  represents  the  pollen  masses 
as  each  furnished  with  a  separate  caudicula  ;  if  this  is  correct 
it  will  be  an  additional  reason  for  doubting  how  far  that 
character  is  of  importance  in  distinguishing  Genera. 

Of  the  dissections  in  the  accompanying  plate  that  in  the 
centre  represents  a  magnified  view  of  the  column  and  the 
base  of  the  labellum  ;  the  other  the  pollen  masses  with  their 
caudicle  and  gland  seen  from  behind. 


A.  epidendroides  (Gen.  &  Sp.  Orch.  p.  139);  pseudobulbis  oblongis  ancipi- 
tibus,  sepalls  lineari-oblongis  acutis,  petalis  obtusis  concavis,  labelli  lobis 
lateralibus  rotundatis  integerrimis,  intermedio  crenulato  emarginato. Pa- 
nama and  Columbia  occidentalis. 

A.  lunata  ;  pseudobulbis  oblongis  compressis  lasvibus,  sepalis  petalisque  linea- 
ribus  obtusis  patentissimis,  labelli  lobis  lateralibus  nanis  intermedio  piano  sub- 

quadrato  undulato,  floribus  solitariis. Brazilia. Sepala  et  petala  luteo- 

viridia,  sanguineo-maculata.  Labellum  album  macula  lunata  in  medio. 
Flores  inodori. 


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J'MC^.A'. 


1908 

*  CRASFEDIA  glauca. 
Glaucous  Craspedia. 


SYNGENESIA  POLYGAUIA  MdUALlS. 

Nat.  ord.  Composit^e  CoRYMBiFERiE,  or  Asterace^. 

CRASPEDIA,  Forst. —  Ca/ji^M/wm  circiter  5-florum.      i?acAts  bracteo- 

lata.     Pappus  uniserialis,  plumosus Herba  glabrata,  Australasica,  erecta, 

shnplicissima,  monocephala,  foliis  oblongo-obovatis,  follolis  intcgris  scariosis. 
Lessing  Gen.  Compos.  271. 


Craspedia  glauca.     Spreng.  syst.  3.  441. 
Richea  glauca.    Labillard.  Fl.  Nov.  Holl. 

Herba  perennis,  glaucescens,  pilis  quibusdam  sparsis,  teldque  rard 
araneosd  vestita.  Folia  lineari-lauceolata,  acuminata,  subdectirrentia. 
Caulis  in  planta  culta  foliosus,  in  spontanea  sitbaphyllus  ;  semper  monoce- 
phalus.  Capitulum  compositum,  sphcBricum,  foliolis  ovalis  acutis  involucra' 
tuvi ;  partialia  5-9 -yZora,  pariter  involucrata,  sed  foliolis  interioribvs  invo- 
lucelli  membranaceis  scariosis.  Receptaculum  planiusculum,  squaviis  ser- 
ratis  membranaceis  corollis  brevioribus  munitum.  Pappus  basi  annularis, 
in  setis  sedecim  phimosis  divisus  corolloe  longitudine.  Corolla  infuyidibularis, 
lutea.  Antherse  caudatce.  Stylus  basi  bulbosus,  brachiis  truncatis  canali- 
culatis,  apice  pulvinatim  dilatatis. 


A  curious  herbaceous  plant,  found  in  Van  Diemen's 
Land,  whence  it  was  sent  by  Mr.  James  Backhouse  to  his 
brother,  in  whose  Nursery  at  York  it  flowered  in  April  last. 

It  will  no  doubt  be  hardy  in  the  warmer  parts  of  Great 
Britain,  but  had  better  be  kept  in  a  frame  in  other  places. 

The  ample  dissections  in  the  accompanying  plate  give  a 
correct  idea  of  its  structure.  Each  of  the  round  yellow 
heads  is  composed  of  several  smaller  heads;  and  the  invo- 
lucre consists  principally  of  the  external  leaflets  of  the  small 


*  Said   to  be  so  called  from  Kpaanecvi'  a  fringe,  in  allusion,  I  presume,  to  the 
feathery  pappus. 


heads.  Each  smaller  head  (fig.  1.)  consists  of  from  5  to  9 
florets,  surrounded  by  ovate  rather  serrated  leaflets,  all  of 
which,  except  the  most  exterior  one,  are  white  and  mem- 
branous. The  florets  (fig.  2.)  arise  from  the  axil  of  each 
leaflet,  and  have  a  feathery  pappus  (fig.  4.)  cup-shaped  at  its 
base,  and  then  divided  into  16  rays.  The  corolla  (fig.  5.)  has 
rather  a  funnel-shaped  figure ;  the  anthers  have  each  two 
bristles  at  the  base  (fig.  3.)  ;  and  the  style,  which  is  bulbous 
at  the  base  is  divided  at  the  apex  into  two  linear  furrowed 
arms,  each  of  which  is  terminated  by  a  cushion-shaped 
dilatation. 


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1909 

*  CLINTONIA   pulchella. 

Pretty  Clintonia. 


SYNGENESIA  MONOGAMIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Lobeliace^e. 

CLINTONIA  .—Snpn),  vol.  1 5.  fol.  1241. 


C.  pulchella  ;  foliis  sepallsque  obtusls,  corollae  laciniis  superioribus  ovatis  acutis 
divaricatis  labelli  lacinia  intermedia  productiore. 


I  figure  this  little  plant  more  for  the  sake  of  recording  its 
existence,  than  from  any  expectation  that  it  will  ever  become 
an  object  of  horticultural  interest ;  for  since  C.  elegans,  a  far 
hardier  and  more  cultivable  plant,  has  disappeared,  there  can 
be  little  hope  that  this,  beautiful  as  it  is,  will  be  preserved. 

It  only  exists  at  present  in  the  Garden  of  the  Horticultural 
Society,  where  it  was  sent  from  California  by  Mr.  Douglas. 
It  is  there  treated  as  a  tender  annual,  and  every  year  a 
small  number  of  tiny  plants,  not  at  all  bigger  than  those  now 
represented,  have  been  raised  from  the  very  few  seeds  ripened 
the  previous  year.  It  has  been  usually  grown  in  a  flower- 
pot. 

The  wild  Californian '  specimens  shew  this  to  be  a  much 
smaller  plant,  even  wild,  than  C.  elegans  ;  from  which  it 
differs  in  its  leaves  being  more  obtuse,  and  its  flowers,  which 
are  twice  as  large,  having  the  upper  segments  diverging  not 
parallel,  the  middle  lobe  of  the  lower  lip  longer  than  the 
others,  and  the  broad  lobed  white  spot  in  its  middle  richly 
stained  with  yellow  at  the  base. 

Seeds  are  the  only  means  which  this  plant  has  of  propa- 
gating itself. 

*   See  fol.  1241. 


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1910 

*  CRATAEGUS  mexicana. 

Mexican  Hawthorn. 

ICOSANDRIA   MONO.PENTAGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  §  Pome^. 
CRATyEGUS.— Supra,  vol.  ]3.fol.  1128. 


C,  mexicana  ;  foliis  ovalibus  acutis  serratis  aut  apice  incisis  subti'ls  tomentosis, 
floribus  corymbosis,  calycinis  lobis  acutis  tomentosis,  bracteis  filiformibus 
ramentaceis,  pomis  sphaeroideis  3-5-pyTenis. 

C.  mexicana.  D.  C.  Prodr.  2.  629.  Sweefs  Flower  Garden,  2  ser.  t.  300. 
Loudon,  Arb.  Brit.  p.  843.  and  Jig.  617.  jo.  867. 

Arbor,  in  locis  temperatis  sempervirens,  foliis  diiris  siiblucidis,  aliquando 
in  ramis  vegetioribus  trilobis.  Stipulse  lineari-lanceolatce,  ramentacece,  mar- 
gins glanduloscE,  petiolis  longiores.     Fructus  lutei,  sapidi. 


A  native  of  the  Tierra  fria  of  Mexico,  M^hence  I  have  wild 
specimens  gathered  by  Mr.  Graham.  It  is  a  small  tree,  which 
in  mild  climates  is  quite  evergreen,  with  lanceolate  sharply 
serrated  rather  shining  deep  green  leaves.  The  flowers  are 
almost  as  large  as  those  of  some  kinds  of  Pear,  and,  appear- 
ing as  they  do  in  abundance  from  the  rich  green  bosom  of 
the  leaves,  produce  a  striking  effect.  The  fruit  is  in  some 
estimation  among  the  Mexicans,  but  it  has  not  much  merit. 

Mr.  Loudon  states  that,  if  budded  upon  the  common 
Hawthorn,  this  plant  will  produce  shoots  from  5  to  7  feet 
long  the  first  season.  It  may  be  easily  propagated  by  this 
process,  and  will  therefore  soon  be  common.  It  is  quite 
hardy,  but  succeeds  best  if  allowed  to  grow  in  front  of  a  wall, 
or  in  some  equally  sheltered  place. 


*  Seefol.  1161, 


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1911 

*  ONCIDIUM  iridif61ium. 

Pigmy  Oncidmm. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 


Nat.  ord.  ORCHiDACEiE,  §  Vande^e. 
ONCIDIUM.— Suprd,  vol.  i3.  fol.  1050. 


C.  iridifolium  ;  foliis  ensiformibus  brevibus  equitantibus,  scapo  slmplici  sub- 
unifloro,  sepalo  supremo  obtuso  :  lateralibus  acutis  collateralibus  (herbaceis), 
petalis  obtusis  undulatis  majorlbus,  labellilobis  lateralibus  parvis  subrotundis 
unguiculatis :  intermedio  multo  majore  subrotundo  bilobo  utrinque  versus 
apicem  emarginato,  crista  (depressa  5-loba  apice  truncata),  columnae  ala 
crenulata  circumdante.  Gen.  §•  Sp.  Orch.  203. 
Folia  nunc  eguitantia,  nunc  explanata,  semper  acuta.      Crista   labelli 

apice  truncata  crenulata,  basi  disciformis,  lobulis  duobus  in  vertice  disci. 


This  curious  little  species  of  Oncidium  seems  to  be  com- 
mon in  many  of  the  hotter  parts  of  America  ;  for  it  has  been 
found  from  Mexico,  New  Grenada,  and  Surinam,  as  far  south 
as  Brazil.  M.  Descourtilz,  in  his  manuscript  account  of 
Brazilian  Orchideae,  observed  it  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the 
town  of  Bom  Jesus  de  Bananal  in  the  province  of  St.  Paul's, 
growing  exclusively  upon  the  branches  of  Orange  and  Lemon 
trees;  it  was  very  abundant  there,  and  constantly  preferred 
dry  places  exposed  to  the  sun. 

The  specimen  from  which  the  accompanying  drawing 
was  taken  was  sent  me  by  Lord  Fitzwilliam's  desire,  from 
the  rich  collection  at  Went  worth,  in  August,  1835. 

The  outline  figure  at  the  bottom  of  the  plate  represents 
the  column,  with  its  two  serrated  wings,  and  the  lower  part 
of  the  lip,  with  the  tuberculated  disk,  by  which  the  species 
of  Oncidium  are  remarkably  well  distinguished. 


*  See  folio  1542. 


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*  CRATAEGUS  glandulosa  /3.  macracantlia. 
Long-spined  glandular  Hawthorn. 


ICOSANDRIA   MO'NO.PE^TAGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Rosacea,  §  Pome^. 
CRATAEGUS.— Supra,  vol.  \2,.foL  1128. 


C.  glandulosa ;  foliis  subrotundis  oblongisve  inciso-serratis  basi  cuneatis  long6 
petiolatis,  calycfs  laciniis  pinnatifidis  glandulosis,  spiiiis  axillaribus  arcuatis 
petiolis  longloribus,  pomls  sphaericis  corymbosis  3-pyrenis  putamine  crassis- 
simo  osseo. 

C.  glandulosa ;  De  Cand.  Prodr.  2.  627.  &c.  Loudon  Arb.  Brit.  p.  817. 
J^g.  567.    . 

/3.  macracantha  ;  spinis  foliis  jequalibus  v.  longioribus,  pomis  subminoribus. 

C.  macracantha  ;  Lodd.  cat.     Loudon  Arb.  Brit.  p.  Si9. Jig.  572.  et  573. 


A  fine  handsome  vigorous  American  thorn,  forming  a 
tree  with  a  spreading  head,  and  having  firm  dark  green 
leaves,  amongst  which  are  intermixed  stout  curved  spines 
of  unusual  length.  I  have  seen  them  as  much  as  four  inches 
and  a  half  long.  It  flowers  in  May,  and  produces  an  abun- 
dance of  its  deep  vermilion-red  haws  in  the  autumn. 

No  writer  upon  the  wild  trees  of  North  America  notices 
this  remarkable  plant;  it  is  therefore  in  all  probability  of 
garden  origin ;  indeed  I  entertain  no  doubt  of  its  being  a 
mere  variety  of  C.  glandulosa,  possibly  of  hybrid  extraction, 
between  that  species  and  C.  crus-galli. 


*  See  fol.  1161. 

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1913 

*  NECTAR0SC6rDUM  siculum. 

Sicilian  Honey-garlic. 


HEXANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Liliace^,  §  Scille^. 

NECTAROSCORDUM.  Flores  umbellati.  Sepala  et  petala  diversi- 
formia,  serai-herbacea,  valde  inibricata.  persistentia,  demilm  cartilagiiiea  et  supra 
capsulam  rigid^  conniventia.  Stamina  6,  perigyna ;  tilamentis  liberis  subulatis. 
Ovarium  in  apice  pedicelli  clavati  seiui-immersum,  depressum,  poris  tribus  melli- 
fluis  in  vertice  dissepimentorum  crassissiinorum ;  polyspermum,  ovulis  e  fundo 
loculorum.      Capsula  sepalis  petalisque  persistentibus  supertecta,  ovata,  loculicido 

trivalvis,  pori  melliflui  vestigio  in  dorso.      Semina  compressa,   atra. Herba 

hulbosa,    allium  fortissime   olens.      Pedicelli   fiorum    cernui,   capsularum 
rigidi  erecti. 


N.  siculum. 

Allium  siculum.     Ucria  pi.  ad  Linn.  op.  addend,  n.  7.     Guss.  prodr.  fl.  sic. 

1.  398.     Don  in  Sweet  Fl.  Gard.  ser.  2.  t.  349. 

Sepala  et  petala  Ijasi  valde  imbricata,  diversiformia,  nempe  ;  sepala 
ovato-oblonga,  obtuse ,  herbacea,  leviter  purpurascentia  ;  petala  umjuiculata, 
subcordato-ovata,  ^nucronulata,  medio  purpurascentia,  ungue  calloso  et 
stdcato.  Stamina  libera,  basi  nullo  modo  connata,  omnia  conformia.  Ova- 
rium loculis  petalis  alternis,  in  toro  crasso  semi-immersis,  poro  depresso 
melli/luo  in  vertice  dissepiment07-u?n  crassissimorum.  Ovula  in  basi  loculo- 
rum aggregata,  quatuor  per  paria  pone  axin,  quatuor  pone  amhiium  serie 
simplici.  Capsula  receptaculo  crassissimo  inserta,  sepalis  petalisq.  induratis 
obtecta,  hemisphcerico-lrigona,  Icevis ;  dorso  loculorum  elevato,  poro  melli- 
fluo  dejjresso. 


A  bulbous  plant  found  wild  in  shady  woods  on  the  moun- 
tains of  Polizzi,  Madonie,  Ficuzza,  S.  Maria  del  Bosco,  in 
Sicily,  flowering  in  May  and  June. 

It  has  been  hitherto  referred  most  unaccountably  to  the 
genus  Allium,   with  which  it  agrees  indeed  in   having  an 


*  From  j/fKTap  honey,  and  nKoplov  garlic,  in  allusion  to  the  lioney  pores  in 
its  flowers. 

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umbellate  inflorescence,  and  a  powerful  garlic-like  odour, 
but  in  hardly  any  other  respect  more  than  Ornithogalum, 
and  the  other  genera  of  the  Liliaceous  order.  The  charac- 
ters assigned  to  it  are  amply  sufficient  to  fix  it  as  a  most 
distinct  and  remarkable  genus. 

Gussone  inquires  whether  A.  Dioscoridis  may  not  be  the 
same  species ;  a  question  that  I  believe  there  is  no  present 
means  of  answering. 

It  is  a  hardy  species,  my  drawing  of  w^hich  was  made 
from  a  plant  in  the  Garden  of  the  Society  of  Apothecaries  at 
Chelsea,  in  June  last.  It  produces  seeds,  by  which  the  cura- 
tor, Mr.  Anderson,  will,  I  presume,  be  able  to  increase  it. 

In  the  accompanying  dissections,  1.  represents  an  ovary 
surrounded  by  stamens,  the  calyx  and  corolla  having  been 
cut  away  ;  2.  is  a  section  of  the  ovary  indicating  the  position 
of  the  ovules  ;  3.  is  a  ripe  fruit  invested  by  the  permanent 
calyx  and  corolla  ;  4.  is  a  capsule  wdth  its  valves  opening ; 
5.  is  a  seed. 


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1914 

*  BRASAV(3lA  cordaia. 
Heart-lipped  Brasavola. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  OacHiDACEiE,  §  Epidendre^e. 
BR  ASAVOLA  .—Supra,  vol.  M.fol.  1465. 


B.  cordata;  labello  cordato  acumlnato  integerrimo  ungue  parum  lonoriore,  sepalis 
petalisque  linearibus  acuminatls,  clinandrio  integerrimo  postice  in  dentem 
subulatum  producto. 


A  species  of  Orchidaceous  plant,  closely  allied  to  B.  no- 
dosa, already  figured  at  fol.  1465  of  this  work,  from  which 
it  differs  in  its  flowers  being  only  half  the  size,  with  a  cordate 
labellum,  and  a  very  different  clinandrium. 

It  was  imported  from  Brazil  by  Messrs.  Loddiges,  who 
obligingly  furnished  me  with  the  specimen  from  which  the 
drawing  was  made  in  January  1836. 

There  will  be  no  certainty  in  the  cultivation  of  epiphytal 
Orchidaceae  till  we  become  more  precisely  acquainted  with 
the  habits  of  the  different  species  than  we  now  are.  At 
present  it  is  usual  to  consider  them  all  natives  of  trees  in 
damp  shady  woods.  It  is  however  quite  certain  that  such  is 
the  habit  of  onl}'  some  of  them.  The  whole  genus  Brasavola, 
for  example,  grows  upon  stones  and  rocks,  never  upon  trees, 
in  open  forest  glades,  fully  exposed  to  the  sun. 

It  is  not  a  little  remarkable  that  no  species  of  this  genus 
should  occur  in  the  extensive  series  of  drawings  of  Brazilian 
Orchidacese  by  M.  Dcscourtilz,  with  which  Baron  Delcsscrt 


*  See  fol.  1 465. 


has  favoured  me.  Neither  indeed  do  more  than  two  species 
exist  in  Dr.  Von  Martius's  extensive  Brazilian  Herbarium, 
one  of  which  is  Br.  tuberculata,  and  the  other  the  following 
new  species. 

B.  Martiana  ;  labello  ovali  acuminato  ciliato-dentato  sessili,  petalis  sepalisque 

linearl-lanceolatis    acuminatis  longioribus,  clinandrio  cucullato  inciso. 

Brazil,  on  the  banks  of  the  Rio  Negro,  Martius. — Leaves  subulate,  chan- 
nelled, 1|  foot  long.     Flowers  white. — Next  B.  cucuUata. 


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SISYRiNCHIUM  graminif61ium,  /3.  pumilum. 
Dwarf  Grass-leaved  Sisyrinchium. 


MONADELPHIA  TRIANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  iRiDACEiE. 

SISYRINCHIUM.— Suprd,  vol.  \3.fol.  1067. 


S.  graminifolium.     Supra  l.  c. 

/3.  pumilum;    scapo    submonostachyo  foliis  breviorc,    pilis    ovarii    longissiinis, 
floribus  oculatis. 


A  beautiful  little  perennial,  found  on  mountains  near 
Valparaiso  and  Conception,  where  it  flowers  in  October.  I 
have  wild  specimens  both  from  Mr.  Macrae  and  Mr.  Bridges. 
It  is  a  much  more  attractive  plant  than  the  other  variety 
figured  at  fol.  1067  of  this  work,  because  of  the  deep  purple 
spots  at  the  base  of  the  divisions  of  its  flower,  and  might  be 
almost  considered  a  different  species,  but  there  do  not  appear 
to  be  any  characters  to  distinguish  it  with  certainty. 

For  the  specimens  from  which  the  figure  was  taken  I  am 
indebted  to  Robert  Mangles,  Esq.  with  whom  the  plant 
flowered  in  May  last.  It  will  probably  be  treated  as  a 
greenhouse  plant,  but  it  is  undoubtedly  one  of  those  species 
which  would  succeed  better  in  a  situation  protected  from 
frost  and  damp  in  winter,  but  without  any  artificial  heat. 
Considering  how  very  large  a  number  of  beautiful  plants  we 
have  that  would  grow  in  all  their  native  beauty  under  such 
circumstances,  it  is  not  a  little  remarkable  that  none  of  the 
many  wealthy  cultivators  of  flowers  should  yet  have  thought 
of  constructing  moveable  glass-houses,  that  should   be  only 

*  Sto-yptyxtoi/  is  an  ohl  Greek  name  for  the  Iris  Sisyrinchium. 


erected  during  winter,  and  totally  removed  after  the  end  of 
the  frosts  in  spring.  A  thousand  pounds  so  expended  would 
produce  a  far  greater  result  than  three  thousand  applied  in 
the  common  manner  ;  and  the  annual  cost  of  keeping  such 
houses  in  order  would  be  nothing  as  compared  with  the  ex- 
pense of  greenhouses  and  stoves. 

This  is  one  of  those  perennials  with  succulent,  fingered 
roots  which  multiply  sparingly.  It  is  chiefly  to  its  seeds 
that  we  must  look  for  the  means  of  propagating  it. 


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1916 

*  PRESC(3tTIA  coloians. 
Purplish  Prescottia. 


GYNANDRIA  MONANDRIA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace^,  §  Neottie^. 

PRESCOTTIA.  Lindl.  Sepala  reflexa,  basl  paululum  connata.  Pe- 
tula  minora,  reflexa  aut  erecta.  Labellum  erectum,  posticuni,  cucullatum,  car- 
nosum,  integeirinmni.  Columna  nana,  teres,  aptera,  libera,  clavata.  Anthera 
opercularis,  rotundata,  loculis  completis  divaricatis,  connective  carnoso.  Stigma 
obtusum.     Pollinia  4,  geminata. 


P.  colorans  ;  folio  solitario  ovate- oblongo  acuminato  basi  cucuUato  petioli  longi- 

tudme,  spica  densa  cylindracea,  petalis  subulatis  ascendentibus. 
Scapus  bipedalis,  f/louco-purpurascens. 


A  native  of  Brazil,  whence  it  was  imported  by  Messrs. 
Loddiges.     The  drawing  was  made  in  January  1834. 

It  is  a  stove  herbaceous  plant,  growing  readily  in  sandy 
peat,  flowering  in  its  season,  and  then  dying  down  for  the 
remainder  of  the  year. 

Little  is  as  yet  known  about  the  species  of  this  genus  ;  the 
following  certainly  belong  to  it,  besides  P.  plantaginca. 

1.  v.  stachyodes.=Cr&\\\c\i\s  si&chyoAes.  Swartz  Prodr.  Z.  1437. 

2.  P.  petiolaris ;  foliis  latis   ovato-lanceolatis  ovalibusque  petiolo   brevioribus, 

spica  densissima  elongata  multiflora,  petalis  sepalisque  revolutis. Peru 

Mathews  (No.  1875). Principally  distinguished  from  P.  plantaginea  by 

its  widely  different  leaves. 


*  Named  in  compliment  to  John  Prescott,  Esq.  of  St.  Petersburgh.  a 
learned  and  indefatigable  botanist,  with  whose  attainments  it  is  to  be  regretted 
that  the  public  should  not  be  as  well  acquainted  as  his  personal  friends. 


3.  P.  micrantha ;    foliis    ovatis  subsessillbus   rosulatis,   scapo    erecto    filiformi 

subaphyllo,  splca  nutante  pauciflora,  bracteis  subulatis  ovario  multo  bre- 

vioribus,  sepalis  petalisque  patulis. Brazil,  Sierra  d'Estrella,  Dr.  Gries- 

bach. Scapus  palmaris.     Flores  minuti. 

4.  P.  leptostachya ;  folio  oblongo  acuto  petiolo  longiore,  scapo  subaphyllo,  spica 

gracili  rariflora,  bracteis  brevissimis  subulatis,  petalis  sepalisque  revolutis. 
Bahia,  in  fruticetis  sabulosis,  Salzmann. 


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1917 

*  STACKHOtJSIA  inon6gyna. 

Pink-tipped  Stackkousia. 


PENTANDRIA  MONOGYNIA. 
Nat.  Ord.  SxACKHOUSIACEiE. 

STACKHOUSIA.   Smith.     Genus  solum  adhuc  notum  in  ordine. 


S.  munogijna ;  foliis  lineari-lanceolatis  lanceolatisque,  spicis  cylindraceis  elon- 
gatis  apice  acute  conicis,  corollae  laciniis  acutatis,  staminlbus  inxqualibus, 
coccls  oblongis  corrugate -areolatis,  bracteis  brevissimis  membranaceis. 

S.  monogyna.     Lab.  Nov.  Holl.  1.  t.  104. 

Planta  herbacea,  ■perennis,  pedalis  et  ultra;  caule  folioso,  ramoso,  sub- 
decumbente,  glaberrimo,  striata.  Folia  lineari-lanceolata,  et  lanceolata, 
nullo  modo  carnosa,  basi  acuminata.  Spies  densce,  semper  apice  rosea  conico 
acuta,  nunc  per  luxuriem  foliis  quibusdam  intermixtce,  post  anthesin  valde 
elongatoe.  Bracteag  acutninaice,  membranacece,  calyce  breviares.  Calyx 
5-Jidus,  campanulatus ,  corolla  multoties  brevior ;  tuba  carnosa,  discum  ad- 
hcerentem  gerente,  laciniis  acuminatis.  Corolla  pseuda-monopetalu,  petalis 
in  tubum  cylindraceum  concretis  basi  liberis,  limbo  piano  acutato.  Stamina 
5,  incequilonga,  tubo  breviara,  infauce  calycis  inserta  extra  discum.  Ova- 
rium trilabum,  monostyluyn,  stigmatibus  tribus  linearibus  erectis,  tubo  corollae 
multo  brevioribus  vix  calycem  longitudine  superantibus. 


A  pretty  neat  herbaceous  plant,  native  of  Van  Diemen's 
Land,  whence  its  seeds  were  sent  by  Mr.  James  Backhouse 
to  his  brothers  at  York,  where  it  flowered  for  the  first  time 
in  April  of  the  present  year.  I  have  wild  specimens  of  it 
collected  in  the  same  island  by  Mr.  Gunn  (69)  and  others. 

It  is  interesting  as  forming  the  type  of  a  ver^''  small 
natural  order  bearing  its  own  name,  concerning  which  the 


*  So  named  in  honour  of  the  late  John  Stackhousc,  Esq.  F.L.S.  of  Pen- 
darvis  in  Cornwall,  author  of  a  splendid  work  on  submarine  plants,  entitled 
"  Nereis  Britannica,"  and  of  some  botanical  illustrations  of  Theophrasstus. — 
Smith. 


reader  is  referred  to  the  Natural  System  of  Botany,  page 
US.ed.2. 

It  will  be  a  half-hardy  perennial,  and  may  no  doubt  be 
propagated  by  cuttings  of  the  woody  base  of  its  stem,  if  it 
should  not  produce  seeds.  The  pink  tips  to  the  spikes  of 
white  flowers  are  striking  enough  before  the  flowering  is  too 
much  advanced. 

Hitherto  only  two  species  of  Stackhousia  have  been  men- 
tioned ;  namely,  S.  viminea  of  Smith,  and  that  now  de- 
scribed. Characters  of  three  others  in  my  herbarium  are 
given  below. 

Fig.  1.  in  the  dissections  of  this  plate  represents  the  5 
petals  adhering  in  a  tube,  except  just  at  the  base  where  they 
separate  ;  fig.  2.  is  the  calyx  split  open,  with  the  fleshy  disk 
lining  its  tube,  and  the  5  stamens,  of  which  2  are  alternately 
shorter  than  the  others ;  fig.  3.  is  the  ovary,  with  the  style 
and  3  stigmas. 


3.  S.  ohtusa;  foliis  lineari-lanceolatis  mucronatis,  spicis  cylindraceis  (brevibus?) 

et  corollae  lacinils  obtusis,  staminlbus  insqualibus,  coccis ,  bracteis 

acuminatis  calyci   sequalibus. Van  Diemen's  Land  (Gmwm,  4G2.) 

Very  near  S.  raonogyna. 

4.  S.muricafa;  foliis  linearibus  carnosis  obtusis,  racemis  gracilibus  aphyllis, 

pedunculis  ternis,  corollse  laciniis  linearibus  obtusis,  staminibus , 

coccis  truncatis  muricatis  inaequalibus,  bracteis  obsoletis. Port  Jackson. 

Flowers  very  small. 

5.  S.  nuda  ;  apbylla  ?  ramis  filiformibus  apice  racemum  pauciflorura  gerentibus, 

pedunculis   3-4-nisve,   corollae    laciniis  acuminatis,    staminibus    Eequalibus, 

coccis ,  bracteis  obsoletis. New  Holland.     Flowers  not  half  the 

size  of  the  last.     Whole  plant  apparently  leafless. 


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1918 

*  GENiSTA   monosperma. 
Single-seeded  Genista. 


DIADELPHIA  (MONADELPHIA),  DECANDRU. 

Nat.  ord.  FabacE;E  or  Leguminos.^,  §  Papilionace^. 
GENISTA.— Supra,  vol.  14.  t.  1150. 


G.  monosperma  ;  ramis  virgatis  teretibus  striatis  floriferis  nudis  juniorlbus  foliis- 
que  anguste  linearibus  simplicibus  sericeis,  racemis  lateralibus,  (floribus 
albis),  leguminibus  ovalibus  nionospermis  glaberrimis  subinflatis.  Gusso7ie 
fi.  sic.  2.  363. 

Spartium  monospermum.     Linn.  sp.  pi.  995.     Bot.  Mag.  t.  683. 

Genista  monosperma.      DC.  prodr.  p.  150. 


One  of  the  most  delicioiisly  fragrant  shrubs  in  the  worhl. 
It  is  difficult  to  imagine  an^r  thing  more  delicate  and  grate- 
^  ful  than  the  sweet  odour  that  its  tender  snow-white  blossoms 
diffuse  in  the  conservatory,  in  the  months  of  May  and  June. 

It  is  described  as  being,  when  wild,  a  good  deal  taller 
than  a  man,  having  a  trunk  an  inch  thick,  and  waving  its 
green  gray  leafless  thread-like  branches  in  the  wind  in  the 
most  graceful  manner.  All  along  the  basin  of  the  Mediter- 
ranean, as  high  as  the  latitude  of  Sicily,  it  is  abundant ; 
but  it  cannot  bear  the  cold  of  the  French  shore.  At  Gibral- 
tar, in  a  sandy  barren  soil,  and  close  upon  the  sea-beaten 
rocks,  it  is  loaded  with  blossoms  in  F("l)ruary ;  along  the 
Barbary  coast ;  in  Sicily  from  Alicata  to  Spaccnforno,  and  in 
Greece  it  occurs  in  similar  situations ;  and  finally  it  gains  its 
eastern  limits  in  the  desert  of  Mount  Sinai,  where  the  Arabs 
call  it  Retam. 


*  Of  doubtful  meaning.  It  is  said  to  be  derived  from  (jemi  the  knee,  be- 
cause tbe  branches  are  flexible  like  the  knee  joint.  Tlic  Genista;  lent®  of  Virgil 
are  generally  referred  to  Spartium  jiinceum. 


It  bears  no  little  resemblance  to  the  Retania  of  TenerifFe, 
Cytisus  nubigenus,  and  will  doubtless  be  one  day  associated 
in  the  same  genus  with  that  species,  whenever  Botanists  shall 
discover  the  true  mode  of  grouping  the  European  genera  of 
Papilionaceous  plants. 

The  accompanying  figure  was  taken  from  a  specimen 
that  flowered  with  Messrs.  Young  of  Epsom,  in  May  1835. 
It  is  multiplied  by  seeds  and  cuttings,  and  must  be  treated 
as  a  greenhouse  plant  in  winter.  It  is  another  of  those 
plants  which  might  be  successfully  managed  in  a  moveable 
temporary  glass-house. 


&U  iy  S.  'd^-^y  ^^9-  .^iiMi^  • 


%^  /  m-JG.  y--*^. 


1919 

*  CATTLEYA  intermedia;  mr.  pallida. 
Pale-flowered  intermediate  Cattleya. 


GYNANDRIA  MONA^BRlA. 

Nat.  ord.  Orchidace-i:,  §  Epidendre/E. 
CATTLEYA.— Suprd,  vol.  U.fol.  953. 


C.  intermedia ;  folils  oblongis  emarginatis  cauli  asquallbus,  sepalis  pctalisque 
lineari-oblongls  subajqualibus  subundulatis  obtusiusculis,  labello  trilobo 
lamellis  pluribus  in  medio  carnosis  cristato :  laciniis  lateralibus  ovatis  ob- 
tusis  planiusculis  intermedio  crispo  rotundato  denticulate. 

a.  Jioribus  roseis. 

C.  intermedia.      Graham  in  Bot.  Mag.  t.  2851 .      Gen.  et  Sp.  Orch.  p.  1 17. 

ft.  Jioribus  suhalbis  rubescentibus,  disco  labelli  sanguineo. 


This  very  pretty  Cattleya  was  imported  from  the  Brazils 
some  years  since  by  the  Horticultural  Society,  in  whose 
Garden  the  drawing  was  made  so  long  since  as  June  1834. 
The  mixture  of  white  and  crimson  in  its  flowers  gives  it  a 
beautiful  appearance,  and  renders  it  much  more  interesting 
than  the  original  variety,  which  is  too  like  C.  Loddigesii. 

The  only  wild  specimens  I  am  acquainted  with  are  in 
Sir  Wm.  Hooker's  Herbarium,  collected  near  Buenos  Ay  res 
by  Mr.  Tweedie,  and  sent  home  with  the  following  note : — 
"  This  is  by  far  the  handsomest  of  the  tribe  in  this  country, 
and  grows  equally  well  on  the  sea-beaten  rock,  and  the 
moss-covered  tree  in  the  heart  of  the  forest.  It  is  to  be 
found  in  bloom  at  all  seasons.  There  are  many  varieties  of 
it ;  their  colour  pink  and  crimson."  I  suspect,  however, 
that  Mr.  Tweedie  confounds  different  things,  and  that 
several  species  of  Cattleya  are  to  be  found  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  Buenos  Ayres.     One  at  least  I  am  able  to  describe 

*  See  folio  1172. 


below,  and  I  avail  myself  of  the  same  opportunity  to  charac- 
terise two  or  three  others  with  which  1  am  acquainted. 
Beautiful  as  are  C.  labiata,  crispa,  and  Loddigesii,  C.  coc- 
cinea  and  bicolor  described  below,  are  not  at  all  inferior  to 
them,  and  moreover  there  is  in  the  possession  of  Messrs. 
Loddiges  a  very  distinct  crimson-flowered  fragrant  species, 
found  in  British  Guiana  by  Mr.  Schomburgh,  with  which  I 
have  not  sufficient  acquaintance  to  define  it. 


C.  ovaia  ;  foliis  binis  ovatis  obtusis  caule  cylindraceo  longioribus  (?)  sepalis 
petalisque  lanceolatis  acuminatis,   labello  nudo  trilobo  laciniis   lateralibus 

apice  intermediaque  oblonga  obtusa   denticulatis    undulato-crispis. St. 

Catharine's,  Brazil  (Mr.  Hindes). A  very  fine  species  in  the  way  of 

C.  labiata. 

C.  bicolor  ;  foliis  oblongo-loratis  caule  tereti  elato  triple  brevioribus,  sepalis 
lanceolatis  falcatis   acutis,  petalis  parum   latioribus  subundulatis    obtusis, 

labello  indiviso  piano  apice  dilatato  rotundato  crenato  convexo. Brazil, 

Descourtilz  in  Bibl.  Deless.  t.  49. Stems  2-3  feet  long.     Sepals   and 

petals  tawny;  labellum  bright  purple,  with  a  lanceolate  streak  in  the  centre, 
white  slightly  spotted  with  purple.     The  flowers  are  slightly  fragrant. 

C.  maritima  ;  foliis  binis  ovalibus  obtusis  spatha  parum  longioribus,  caule  sub- 
clavato,  sepalis  oblongis  acutis,  petalis  lanceolatis  falcatis  obtusis,  labello 
trilobo  (nudo?);  laciniis  lateralibus  erectis  rotundatis  intermedia  dilatata 

denticulata  emarginata. Sea-beaten  rocks,  Buenos  Ayres,  (Tweedie,  in 

herb.  Hooker.)  Flowers  fine,  rose-coloured,  usually  in  threes  ;  many  varie- 
ties. Its  small  leaves  sufficiently  mark  this,  of  which  I  have  only  seen 
one  specimen. 

C.  coccinea ;  foliis  solitariis  oblongis  acutis  caulibus  ovalibus  teretibus  longiori- 
bus, floribus  solitariis,  spatha  nulla,  sepalis  lineari-oblongis  obtusis  rectis, 
petalis  triple  latioribus,  labello  ovato  basi  cucuUato    indiviso  apice  piano 

sepalis  breviore. Brazil,   Descourtilz  in  bibl.  Deless.  t.  10. Stems 

2  or  3  inches  high.  Flowers  brieht  scarlet,  3  inches  across.  A  most 
remarkable  and  beautiful  species. 

C.  Harrisoniana  (^Bateman  in  litt.) ;  foliis  anguste  lanceolatis,  racemo  1-4- 
floro,  sepalis  petalisque  patentibus  his  subrotundo-ovalibus,  labello  subtrilobo 

verrucoso.  Bateman. Brazil,  Mr.  Harrison. Very  near  C.  Lod- 

digesii. 


GENERAL  ALPHABETICAL   INDEX 


VOLS.    I.    TO    IX.    OF    THE    NEW    SERIES. 


roi. 

Acacia  albida        ...  16 

•  leprosa      ...  17 

luuata       .  •         .  16 

pentaJenia         •         .  18 

uncinata  .         •  16 

Acantbophippium  bicolor      .  20 

Acjena  pinnatifida  .         .  15 

Aceras  secundiHora        .         .  18 

Adenotrichia  amplexicaulis  .  14 

Adesmia  Loudonia        .         .  HO 

Aerides  cornutum  .         .  18  , 

Agave  geminiflora  .         .      '  14  , 

Alstromeria  psittacina  .  18  , 

pulcbella,  var.  pi/osa  17   , 

auraiitiaca  .  22  . 

Amaryllis  acuminata,  var.  longi- 

pedunculala  .  .  .  14  . 

coranica,  var.  |)ai/ida  15  , 

intermedia  .  14  . 

kermesina      .         .  19  . 

Amelanchier  florida      .         .  19  . 

sanguinea  .  14  . 

Amygdalus  communis,  var.  macro- 

carpa  .  .         .  14  . 

persica,  var.  alba  .  19  . 

Anemone  vitifolia  .         .  16  . 

Angraecum  disticbum    .         .  21  . 

caudatum      .         •  22  . 

eburneum      .  18  . 

micrantbum  •  21   . 

Anomatlieca  cruenta      .         .  l6  . 

Anona  laurifolia    .         .         .  16  . 

Antbocercis  viscosa      .  .  19  . 

Antbolyza  a;tbiopica,  var.  minor  14  . 


Folium 

.   13)7 

.  1441 

.  1352 

.  1521 

1332 

1730 

.  1271 

152.5 

1190 

1720 

1483 

1145 

1510 

1410 

1843 

1188 
1219 
1148 
1638 
1589 
1171 

1160 
1586 
1385 
1781 
1844 
1522 
1772 
1369 
13i;8 
1624 
1159 


Vol.  Folium 


Antburium  gracile 
Antirrbinum  glandulosum 
Apbelandra  cristata 
Aplosimum  depressum  . 
Arbutus  procera 
Arctostapbylos  tomentosa 
Ardisia  odontophylla 
Argemone  grandiflora 

ocbroleuca 

Aristolocbia  caudata 

Chilensis 

cjmbifera 


—  foe  tens 

—  trilobata 


Aspasia  variegata 

Aspbodelus  luteus,  var.  iibiricus 

Aster  adulterinus 

amygdalinus 

concinnus     . 

conlifolius 

coridifolius 

cyaneus 

eminens 

eminens,  var.  virgineus 

fragilis 

laiWs 

pallens 

puniceus,  var.  demissiis 

spectabilis    . 

A  stragalus^succulentus 
Audibertia  incana 
Azalea  caleudulacea,   var.  subcu- 
prea       .... 

calendulacea,  var.  lepida 

b 


19 
22 
18 
-i-Z 
21 
21 
22 
15 
16 
17 
20 
18 
21 
17 
22  , 

18  . 

19  ■ 

18  . 

19  . 
19  . 
18  . 

18  , 

19  . 

20  . 
18  . 
18  . 

18  . 

19  . 
18  . 

16  . 

17  . 

l(i  . 
17  . 


.  1635 

.  1893 

.  1477 

.  1882 

.  17.53 

.  1791 

,  1892 

.  1264 

1343 

1453 

1680 

1543 

1824 

1399 

1907 

1.507 

1571 

1517 

1619 

1597 

1487 

1495 

1614 

1656 

1537 

15(10 

1509 

1636 

1527 

1324 

1469 

1366 
1402 


GENERAL    INDEX    TO    THE   NEW    SERIES. 


FoZ.  Folium 


Azalea  calendulacea,  var.  Staple- 

toniana           ...  17 
Indica,  var.  lateritia  .  20 

indica,  var.  variegata  i20 

nudiflora,  var.  scintillavs  17 

niidiHoia,  var.thyrsijiora  16 

pontica,  var.  smensis  1.5 

pontica,  var.  versicolor  18 

Azara  dentata                 .         .  21 


Banksia  littoralis 

prostrata 

■ —  quercifolia 

^peciosa 

undulata 

Barleria  lupulina 
Bartliolina  pectinata 
Bartonia  aurea 
Batemannia  Colleyi 
Bauliinia  cumanensis 
Begonia  heracleifolia 

petalodes 

vilJosa 

Beloperone  oblongata 
Benthamia  fragifera 
Berberis  aquifolium 

dealbata 

gluraacea 

repens 

Bifrenaria  aurantiaca 
Bignonia  Cberere 
Billardiera  ovalis 
Billbergia  pyramidalis,  var.  hi 
Blackwellia  jiadiflora 
Bletia  florida 

gracilis 

reflexa 

Bcebera  incana 
Brasavola  cordata 

• nodosa 

• Perrinii 

Brassia  Lanceana 
Brodicea  grandiflora 
Browallia  grandiflora 
Brownlowia  elata 
Brugmansia  bicolor 
Brunonia  australis 
Brunsvigia  ciliaris 
■  grandiflora 

Buddlea  heteropbylla 
Burtonia  conferta 

Cactus  Ackermanni 

speciosissimus,  var. 

tius 
Calandrinia  arenaria 

• grandiflora 

speciosa 

Calanthe  densiflora 
Calathea  grandifolia 


16 
19 
17 
20 
16 
18 
20 
22 
20 
14 
20 
21 
15 
20 
19 
17 
2t 
17 
14 
22 
15 
20 
color  14 
16 
17 
20 
21 
19 
22 
17 
18 
21 
14 
16 
17 
20 
22 
14 
16 
15 
19 


.  1407 
.  1700 
.  1716 
.  1461 
.  1367 
.  1253 
.  1559 
.  1788 

.  1363 
.  1572 
.  1430 
.  1728 
.  J316 
.  1483 
.  1653 
.  1831 
.  1714 
.  1133 
.  1668 
.  1757 
.  1252 
.  1657 
.  1579 
.  1425 
.  1750 
.  1426 
.  1176 
.  1875 
.  1301 
.  1719 
.  1181 
.  1308 
.  1401 
.  1681 
.  1760 
.  1602 
.  1914 
.  1465 
.  1561 
.  1754 
.  1183 
.  1384 
.  1472 
.  1739 
.  1833 
.  1153 
.  1335 
.  1259 
.  1600 


lateri- 


16   .  1331 


19 
19 
14 
19 
19 
14 


1596 
1605 
1194 
1598 
1646 
1210 


Vol.  Folium 

Calceolaria  angustiflora           .  21  .  1743 

aracbnoidea         .  17   .  1454 

ascendens              .      .  14  .  12l5 

chiloensis              .  17  .  1476 

crenatiflora             .  19  .  1609 

difl'usa           .         .  16  .  1374 

floribunda             .  14  .  1214 

Herbertiana          .  16  .  1313 

Herbertiana,  var.  yar- 

viflora             .         .         .  19  .  1576 

polifolia                 .  20  .  1711 

purpurea                .  19  .  1621 

rugosa                    .  19  .  1588 

sessilis  .                .  19  .  1628 

viscosissima          .  19  .  1611 

Mr.  Young's         .  17  .  1448 

Calliprora  lutea              .         .  19  .  1570 

Calochortus  macrocarpus        .  14  .  1152 

luteus         .         .  19  .  1567 

splendens           .  20  .  1676 

venustus    .         .  20  .  1669 

Calotropis  procera          .         .  21  .  1792 

Camassia  esculenta                 .  18  .  1486 

Canaelliajapnnica,  var.  imftricata  17  .  1398 

japonica,  var.  punctata  15  .  1267 

japonica,     var.    Reeve- 

siana               .         .         .  18   .  1501 
japonica  var.  Doncke- 


laeri 
Campanula  fragilis 

garganica 

Canavalia  bonariensis 
Canna  Achiras 

discolor 

lagunensis 

speciosa 

Capparis  acuminata 
Caprifoiium  Iiispidulum 

• longiflorum 

occidentale 

Cassia  biflora 

Herbertiana 

Castilleja  coccinea 
Catasetum  luridum 

semiapertum 

Cattleya  crispa 

guttata 

intermedia 

labiata 

Celosia  coccinea 
Cereus,  crimson  creeping 

• triangularis 

Ceropegia  elegans 
Chasmonia  incisa 
Cbeiranthus  mutabilis 
Chelone  centrantbifolia 

nemorosa 

Cbironia  peduncularis 
Chorozema  ovatum 


—  triangulare 


2? 

20 

21 

14 

16 

15 

16 

15 

16 

21 

15 

17 

16 

17 

14 

20  , 

20 

14 

17 

22 

22  , 

22  . 

19 

21 

20 

15 

17 

20 

14 

21 

18  . 

18 


GENERAL    INDEX    TO   THE   NEW   SERIES. 


Chrysanthemum  iudicum 

— ^ iudicum,  var.  pla- 
num 

Cirrhaea  Loddigesii 

tristis 

Clarkia  elegans 

Clavija  ornata 

Clematis  chlorantlia 

Cleome  speciosissima 

Clerodendron  hastatum 

Clianthus  puniceus 

Cliutonia  elegans 

pulcliella 

Clivia  nobilis 

Coburgia  fulva 

Coccoloba  virens 

Coleus  aromaticus 

Colletia  horrida 

Colhnsia  bicolor 

CoUomia  coccinea 

grandiflora 

' heterophylla 

linearis 

Colutea  nepalensis 

Combretum  comosum 

grandiflorum 

Conanthera  campanulata 

Conocephalus  naucleiflorus 

Convolvulus  farinosus 

Cooperia  Drummondi    . 

Cordia  grandiflora 

Coreopsis  Atkinsoniana 

aurea 

Correa  pulchella 

Coryanthes  maculata 

macrantha  . 

Corydalis  bracteata 

Cosmelia  rubra 

Costus  pictus 

Cotoneaster  frig;ida 

— ■ laxiilora 

microphylla,  var.  Uva 

Ursi 

Craspedia  glauca 

Crassula  turrita 

Crataegus  Aronia 

cordata 

Crus  Galli,  var.  ovali 


folia 


Douglasii 
rlatiduiosa,    var. 


cracantha 

heterophylla 

heteroi)hylla 

microcarpa 

mexicana 

maroccana     . 

odoratissima 

orieiitalis 

platypbylla   . 


Vol. 
15 

18 

18 

22 

19 

21 

18- 

lb" 

16 

21 

15 

22 

14 

18 

21 

18 

21 

20 

19 

14 

16 

14 

20 

14 

19 

14 

14 

16 

22 

18 

16 

15 

15 

21 

29 

19 

21 

19 

15 

15 

14 

22 
16 
22 
14 

22 
21 

22 
14 
22 
22 
22 
22 
22 
22 


Folium 
.   1287 

.  1.502 
.  15.38 
.  1889 
.  1575 
.  1764 
.  1234 
.  1312 
.  1307 
.  1775 
.  1241 
.  1909 
.  1182 
.  1497 
.  1816 
.  1520 
.  1776 
.  1734 
.  1622 
.  1174 
.  1347 
.  1166 
.  1727 
.  1105 
.  1631 
.  1193 
.  1203 
.  1323 
.  1835 
.  14^ 
.  1376 
.  1228 
.  1224 
.  1793 
.  1841 
.  1644 
.  1822 
.  1594 
.  1229 
.  1305 

.  1187 
.  1908 
.  1344 
.  1897 
.  1151 

.  1860 
.  1810 

.1912 
1161 
1847 
1846 
1910 
1855 
1885 
1852 
1874 


Vol. 

Crataegus  pyrifolia         .  .  22 

prunifolia      .  .  22 

spathulata      .  .  22 

tanacetifolia  .  .  22 

Crinum  latifolium  .  15 
Crocus  vernus,  var.  leucorhynchus  17 

vernus,  var.  pictus  .  17 

Crotalaria  verrucosa  .  14 

Crybe  rosea           ...  22 

Cuphea  Llavea               .  .  16 

Cyclobothra  alba            .  .  20 

lutea          •  .  20 

pulchella  .  20 

Cycnoches  Loddigesii  .  21 

Cymbidium  marginatum  .  18 

Cyrtanlhus  carneus        .  .  17 

Cyrtochilum  ilavescens  .  19 

Cyrtopodium  Woodfordii  .  18 

Cypripedium  macrantbos  .  18 

spectabile  .  20 

Cytisus  multiflorus  .  14 
seolicus      ...  22 

Daphne  hybrida 
Daubenya  aurea 
Delphinium  Menziesii 

speoiosum 

Dendrobium  aggregatum 
anceps 


■  chrysanthum 

■  cupreuin 

■  densiflorum 
longicornu 
macrostacbyum 
moniliforme 
Pierardi 
secundum 


■ speciosum 

Deutzia  scabra 
Dianthus  Libanotis 
Digitalis  laciniata 
Diilwynia  glycinifolia 
Diospyrus  Mabola 
Diplopappus  incanus 
Douglasia  nivalis 
Dracaena  surculosa 

terniinalis 

Drimia  villosa 
Duvaua  dependens 

latifolia 

ovata 

Dyckia  rariflora 

Echeveria  gibbiflora 
Echinocactus  oxygonus 

Eyriesii 

Ecbites  stellaris 
Edwardsia  chilensis 
Eiieagiius  aiigustifolia 
Elichrysuni  bicolor 


14 
21 
14 
18 
20 
15 
15 
21 
21 
16 
22 
16 
21 
15 
19 
20 
18 
14 
18 
14 
20 
22 
14 
12 
16 
19 
19 
19 
21 

15 
20 
20 
20 
21 
11 
'J  I 


Folium 
.  1P77 
.  1868 
.  1890 
.  1884 
.  1297 
.  1416 
.  1440 
.  1137 
.  1872 
.  1386 
.  1661 
.  1663 
.  1662 
.  1742 
.  1530 
.  1462 
.  1627 
.  1508 
.  1.534 
.  1666 
.  1191 
.  1902 

1177 
1813 
1192 
1.503 
1695 
1239 
1299 
1779 
1828 
1315 
1865 
1314 
1756 
1291 
1610 
1718 
1548 
1201 
1514 
1139 
1693 
18U6 
1169 
1749 
1346 
1573 
1580 
1.568 
17tt2 

1247 
1717 
1707 
1664 
1798 
1 1.6 
iUI  1 


GENERAL    INDEX    TO    THE    NEW    SERIES. 


Einpetrum  rubrum 
Epacris  nivalis 
Epideudrum  fEmuIum 

armeniacum 

■  bifidum 

clavatum    . 

gracile 

odoratissimum 

—  oncidioides 

•  Skinneri 

Epimedium  macranthum 
Eranthemum  facundum 
Erica  codonodes 
Eriogonum  compositum 
Erinphyllum  cajspitosum 
Erythrina  carnea 

■ poianthes 

poianthes,  var.  sub 

mis  . 

Erythronium  grandiflorum 
Escallonia  montevidensis 

illinita 

Escbscboltzia  ralifornica 

-  crocea 

Eulopbia  ensata 

]\Iackaiana 

Eupatorium  glandulosum 
Euphoria  Longan 
Eurybia  corymbosa 
Eurycles  Cunninghamii 
Eutoca  divaricata 

multiflora 

viscida 

Francoa  appendiculata 
Fernandezia  acuta 
Fuchsia  bacillaris 

discolor 

globosa 

microphylla 


thymifolia 

Gaillardia  aristata 
Galatella  punctata 
Galipea  odoratissima 
Gardoquia  Gilliesii 

■  Hookeri 

Garrya  elliptica 
Gastrolobium  retusum 
Gaultheria  Shallon 
Genista  procumbens 

nionosperma 

Geodorum  fucatum 
Gesnera  allagopbylla 

faucialis 

macrostachya 

■  -  rutila 

rutila,  var.  atrosangii 

Suttoui 

Geum  chilense,  var.  gmndifl: 
Gilia  Acbillea;foIia 


Vol. 
21 
18 
22 
22 
22 
22 
21 
17 
19 
22 
22 
17 
20 
21 
14 
16 
15 

19 
21 
17 
22 
14 
20 
14 
17 
20 
20 
18 
18 
21 
14 
21 

19 
21 
18 
21 
18 
15 
15 

14 

21 
17 
21 
21 
20 
19 
17 
14 
22 
20 
21 
21 
14 
14 

1  15 
19 

I  16 
20 


Folium 
.  1783 
.  1.531 
.  1898 
.  1867 
.  1819 
.  1870 
.  1765 
.  1415 
.  1623 
.  1881 
,  1906 
.  1494 
,  1698 
.  1774 
.  1167 
.  1327 
.  1^46 

.  1617 
.  1786 
.  1467 
.  1900 
,  1168 
.  1677 
.  1147 
.  1433 
.  1723 
.  1729 
.  1532 
.1506 
.  1784 
.  J180 
.  1803 

.  1645 
.  1806 
.  1480 
.  1805 
.  1.556 
.  1269 
.  1284 

.  1186 
.  1818 
.  1420 
.  1812 
.  3747 
.  1686 
.  1647 
.  1411 
.  1150 
.  1918 
.  1687 
.  1767 
.  1785 
.  1202 
.  1158 
.  1279 
.  1637 
.  13J8 


Gilia  coronopifolia 

cajiitata 

tenuiflora 

tricolor 

Gladiolus  psittacinus     . 
Glycine  biloba 
Godetia  vinosa 

• •  lepida 

rubicund  a 

Gompholobium  capitatum 

'  Knightianum 

marginatum 

tenue 

tomentosum 

venulosum 


Gongora  maculata 
Govenia  superba 
Grevillea  concinaa 

punicea 

Grobya  Amherstise 
Guettarda  speciosa 

Habenaria  procera 
Habranthus  Andersoni 

Bagnoldi 

—  Phycelloides 


Hakea  linearis 
Hamelia  ventricosa 
Haylockia  pusilla 
Hedychium  coccineum 
tielianthus  lenticularis 

tubajfomiis 

Helicoriia  pulverulenta 
Herminium  cordatum 
Hesperoscordum  lacteum 
Heuchera  niici-antha 
Hibiscus  Lindleii 

palustris 

Rosa  sinensis 

splendens 

Hosackia  bicolor 
Hosta  coerulea 
Hovea  chorozemsefolia 

lanceolata 

purpurea 

villosa 

Hyacinth  us  spicatus 

Indigofera  atropurpurea 

louopsis  teuera 

Iponioea  Aitoni 

Ipomopsis  elegans 

Iris  alata 

— -  bicolor 

— -  tenax 

Ismene  Amancaes,  var.  snip 

Isopogon  formosus 

Jasminum  acuminatum 
Wallicbianum 


Vol.  Folium 
20  . 
14  . 
22  . 
20  . 
17   , 
17 
22  . 
22  , 
22  , 
18 
17 
18 
19  . 
17  , 
19 
19 
21 
16 
16 
20 
17 

22  , 

16 

17 

17 

18 

14 

16 

14 

15 

18 

19 

18 

19 

15 

17 

17 

21 

19 

15 

14 

18 

17 

17 

18 

22 


21 
22 
21 
15 
22 
17 
15 
urea  20 
15 


15  .  1296 
17  .  1409 


GENERAL    INDEX     l(»    HIE    NEW    SERIES. 


Justicia  came  a 

guttata 

picta 

quadrangularis 

venusta 

Kasmpferia  Roscoeana 
Kageneckia  crategitblia 
Kenoedya  dilatata 

glabrata    . 

ino])liylla 

niacroi)liylla 

JMarryatta; 

monophylla,  var.  / 

racemosa 
nisrricans 


--  Stirling! 


Kerria  japonica     . 

Larlienalia  pallida 
La;lia  anceps 
Lalage  ornata 
Lnpeyrousia  anceps 
Lasthenia  talifornica 

glabrata 

Lathyrus  californicus 

■ tingitanus 

Ledocarpum  peduuculare 
Lepanthes  tridentata 
Lepechinia  spicata 
Leptosiphon  androsaceus     .> 

densiflorus 

Leptotes  bicolor 
J.eucocoryne  odorata 
l^t'ucopogon  parviflorus 
Liatris  scariosa 
Libertia  formosa 
Limnanthes  Douglasii 
Limnocbaris  Huniboldti 
Linaiia  Ualtnatica 
Linum  mexicauum 

sibiricuni,  var.  Lewisi 

Lipatis  elata 

guineensis 

Lissaiitbe  sapida 
Litbospermum  rosmariuifoliu 
Loasa  ainbrosi:eiolia 

Placei 

Lobelia  decurrens 

longiflora 

Low's  purple 

purpurea 

■ Tupa 

Lonicera  involucrata 
Lopbanthus  anisatus 
Lopbospemium  erubescens 
IvOtus  arenarius 
Lowea  berberifolia 
Lupinus  arbustus 
albifrons 


Vol.  Folium 
17   .   1397 


16 

l.T 

16 
16 

14 

18 
22 
17 


16  , 
20  , 
2'2  , 
'22  , 

16  . 
21 

20  , 
22 

21  , 
21 
14  , 
16 
17 
21 
15 
20 
20 
19 
15 
18 
20 
19 
20 
19 
20 
16 
14 
14 
20 
15 
20 
16 
19 
22 
14 
17 
16 
19 
14 
15 
16 
18 
15 

;5 

19 


1.>.j4 
1227 
1310 
1380 

1212 
1836 
1526 
1838 
1421 
1862 
1790 

1336 
1715 
1845 
1873 

1350 

1751 

1722 

1903 

1823 

17  80 

1144 

1388 

1392 

.   1762 

,  1292 

.  1710 

.  1725 

,  1625 

,  1^293 

,  1560 

,  1654 

,  1630 

,  1673 

,  1640 

,  1683 

,  1326 

,1163 

.  1175 

1671 

1275 

.  1736 

,  1390 

1599 

1842 

,  1200 

1445 

1325 

l(il2 

,  1179 

.  1282 

,  1.81 

.  1488 

,  12(il 

,  1230 

.  1642 


Lupinua  aridus 
densiflorus 

— ■ eli'ijans 

latil'i)lius 


laxitlurus 

lepidus 

leptopbyllus 

lictoralis 

micrantbus 

mutabilis 

nanus 

orniitus 

I)luniosus 

polypLyllus,  var.  alhi 

Jiorus 

rivularis 

Sabinianus 


Lychnis  Bungeana 

Macradenia  triandra 
Wadia  elegans 

Magnolia  Vulan,  var.  Soulang 
Malva    IMunroaua 


purpurata 

umbellata 

IVIamraillana  pulcra 

tenuis 

IVIanettia  cordifolia 
jMaxillaria  aromatica 

■ —  ciliaris 

cristata 

crocea 

decolor 

densa 

picta 

racemosa 

rufpscens 

tetragona 

iridis 


Maytenus  obilensis 

Mesembryantbemuni  rubrocii 

IMicbauxia  lajvigafa 

iMicrostviis  opiiioglossioides 

Millabidora 

ftlimulus  luteus,  var.  variega 

propiuquus 

roseus 

Smitbii 

Mirbelia  Haxteri 
Munacbantbus  discolor 

viridis 

INIormodes  atropurpurca 
Moscliaria  piruiatitida 
Myantbus  barbatus 

ccrnuus 

I  deltoideus 

Nanodes  discolor 
Nectaroscorduin  si(  uluiii 
N'emopbiia  auiita 


t'ol.  Folium 
\U  .  1242 
20  . 
IK   . 

14  . 
14  . 
20  . 

14  . 

15  . 

18  . 
20  . 

14  . 

15  . 

16  .  1377 

19  .  1595 

17  ,  143.'> 
22  .  1864 

21 

17 
I   14 

16 

16 

14 

16 

18 

22 

22 

14 

21 

21 

18 

21 

21 

19 

22 

17 

18 

20 
in  20 

17 

15 

18 

21 

16 

19 

20 

17 

UO 

21 

22 

lii 

21 

20 


in  .  1.541 

22  .    191.S 
I'.'  .   1601 


GENERAL    INDEX    TO    THE    NEW    SERIES. 


Nemophila  insignis 
Nierembergia  filicaulis 
Nicotiana  persica 

Ocliranthe  arguta 
CEnothera  anisoloba 

' bifrons 

biennis,  var. grand ijiora 

decumbens 

densiflora 

humifusa 

glauca 

•  pallida 

serotina 

— — tenella,  var.  tenuifolia 

vimiuea 

Oncidium  altissimum 

• altissimum 

ampliatum 

ciliatum 

citrinum 

cornigerum 

Harrisonianum 

• iridifolium  -  . 

Lanceanum  , 

.———  Lemonianum 
•  pulchellum 

Russellianum 

Ononis  peduncularis 
Ophrys  arauifera,  var.  limbata 
Opuntia  aurantiaca 

■ monacantha 

Orchis  foliosa 

papilionacea 

Ornithogalum  chloroleucum    . 
Orobus  atropurpureus 
Osbeckia  nepi-Jensis,var.  ulbijiora 
Oxalis  Bowiei 

Cummingi 

— divergens 

Piottffl 

tortuosa 

• variabilis 


Vol.  Folium 
20  .  1713 
ly  .  1649 
19  .   1592 


Oxjura  chrysanthemnides 

Pacliy podium  tuberosum 
Palavia  rhorabifolia 
Paeonia  albiflora,  var.  Pottsii 

— •  hybrida 

"      Moutan 

Moutan  lacera 

Semidouble  tree 

Pancratium  pedale 
Papaver  Feraicum 
Passiflora  ligularis 
■  gossypiifolia 

■ kermesina 

phoenicea 

Pentstenion  acuminatum 
atteuuatuin 


21 
18 

17  , 
19 
15 

18  , 
22 

18  , 
14 
22  , 

19  , 
15 
22 
19 

20  , 
20  , 
21 

18  , 

19  . 
22  . 
22  , 
21 
21 
22 
17 
14 
19 
20 
20 
14 
22 
21 
17 
19 
18 
19 
21 
15 
18 
22 

16 
16 
17 
14 
20 
21 
17 
19 
17 
19 
19 
19 
19 
15 
15 


1819 
1479 
1405 
1604 
1221 
1593 
185!9 
1511 
1142 
1840 
1587 
1220 
1851 
1651 
1699 
1660 
1758 
1542 
1569 
1911 
1887 
1789 
1787 
1830 
1447 
1197 
1606 
1726 
17()1 
1155 
1853 
1763 
1475 
1585 
1545 
1620 
1817 
1249 
1505 
1850 

1321 
1375 
1436 
1208 
1678 
1771 
1456 
1641 
1570 
1339 
1634 
1633 
1603 
1285 
1295 


Pentstemon  confertum 

deustum 

diffusum 

glandulosum 

glaucum 

heteropbyllum 

pruinosum 

pulchellum 

Scouleri 

speciosum 

staticifolius 

triphyllum 

•  venustum 


Pereskia  Bleo 

Perilomia  ocymoides 

Pernettia  mucronata 

Persea  gratissima 

Petunia  violacea 

Phacelia  tanacetifolia 

Pharium  fistulosum 

Platystemon  Californicum 

Phlomis  floccosa 

Phlox  speciosa 

Pholidota  imbricata 

imbricata 

Phycella  Herbertiana 

Physianthus  albens 

Pimelea  humilis 

hispida 

intermedia 

ligustrina 

sylvestris 

Pleurothallis  Grobyi 

picta 

prolifera 

Plumeria  Lambertiana 

Podolobium  trilobatum 

Polemonium  cccruleum,  var.  pili- 
ferum     . 

humile 

Polj'gala  oppositifolia,  var.  majur    14 

15 
20 
16 
19 
16 
18 
17 
18 
18 
16 
16 


Polygonum  injucundum 
Portulaca  Gilliesii 
Potentilla  arguta 

glandulosa 

Hopwoodiana 

laciniosa 

missourica 

Russell's 

viscosa 


Pothos  scaudens 
Pratia  begonifolia 
Prescoltia  colorans 
Prunus  candicans 

dasycarpa 

japonica 

Psoralea  macrostachya 
Pultenaia  flexilis 

■ rosmarinifolia 

subumbeJlata 


Vol. 
15 
16 
14 
15 
15 
22 
15 
14 
15 
15 
21 
15 
16 
17 
17 
20 
15 
19 
20 
18 
20 
15 
16 
14 
21 
16 
21 
15 
19 
17 
21 
19 
21 
21 
15 
16 
16 

15 
IJ 


14 

15 
21 
21 
20 
19 
19 


Foliwn 
.  1260 
.  1318 
.  1132 
.  1262  ■ 
.  1286 
.  1899 
.  1280 
.  1138 
.  1277 
.  1270 
.  1770 
.  1245 
.  1309 
.  1473 
.  1394 
.  1675 
.  1258 
.  1626 
.  1696 
.  1546 
.  1679 
.  1300 
.  1351 
.  1213 
.  1777 
.  1341 
.  1759 
.  1268 
.  1578 
.  1439 
.  1&27 
,  1582 
.  1797 
.  1825 
.  1298 
.  1378 
.  1333 

.  1303 
.  1304 
.  1146 
.  1250 
.  1672 
.  1379 
.  1583 
.  1387 
.  1478 
.  1412 
.  1496 
.  1492 
.  1337 
.  1373 
.  1916 
.  1135 
.  1243 
.  1801 
.  1769 
.  1694 
.  1584 
.  1632 


GENERAL    INDEX    TO    THE   NEW   SERIES. 


Fol.  Folium 


Purshia  triJeiitata 
Pyrolirion  auieuiu 
Pyrus  angustifolia 

• creuata 

Bollvvylleriana 

grandifolia 

nivalis 

salvifolia 

— ■ —  sinensis 
spuria 


17 

'20 
14 
20 
17 
14 
17 
18 
15 
14 


Ranunculus  creticus,  var.  macro- 

phiiUus            ...  17 

Raphiolepis  rubra          .         .  17 

Keevesia  thyrsoidea               .  15 

Renanthera  coccinea               .  14 

Rhodanthe  Manglesii              .  20 

Ehodochiton  volubile              .  21 

Rhododendron  Alta-clerense  17 

— ■ arboreum, 


album 


arboreum,    var. 


Cartons 
pulcherrimum 


Ribes  cereum 

— —  divancatum 

inebrians 

niveum 

punctatum 

sanguineum 

setosura 

speciosum 

tenuiflorum 

Rondeletia  odorata 

Rose  Clare             ...  17 

Rosa  multiflora,  var.  platyphylla  16 

Ruga             ...  16 

Rubus  nutkanus             .  .  16 

roridus      ...  19 

spectabilis          .  .  17 

Rueliia  Sabiniana          .  .  15 

Russellia  juncea             .  .  21 

Saccolabium  papillosum  .  18 

Sagittaria  angustifolia  .  14 

Salpiglossis  atropurpurea  .  18 

Salvia  angustifolia          .  .  18 

foliosa                 .  .  17 

fuigens      .         .  .  16 

Grahami             .  .  16 

— — -  invoiucrata         .  .  14 

Sarcanthus  guttatus  .  17 

Sarcocbilus  falcatus        .  .  22 

Sauroglossum  elatum  .  19 

Scaphyglottis  violacea  .  22 
Schizanthus  pinnatus,  var.  humilis  18 

retusus  .  18 

Scilla  plumbea      .  .  16 
Cupaniana     .  .  22 


1446 
1724 
1207 
1655 
14:j7 
1134 
1434 
1482 
1248 
1196 


1432 
1400 
1236 
1131 
1703 
17.55 
1414 


15  .  1240 


20  . 
17  . 

21  . 

15  . 

16  . 

17  . 
20  . 
26  . 
16  . 
15  . 

18  . 

19  . 


1684 
1449 
1820 
1263 
1359 
1471 
1692 
1658 
1349 
1237 
1557 
1574 
.  1905 
.  1438 
.  1372 
.  1389 
.  1368 
.  1607 
.  1424 
.  1238 
.  1773 

.  1552 
,  1141 
.  1518 
.  1554 
.  1429 
.  1356 
.  1370 
.  1205 
.  1443 
.  1832 
.  1618 
.  1901 
.  1562 
.  1541 
.  1355 
.  1878 


Vol. 

Scottia  angustifolia  15 

den  lata              .         .  15 

la-vis         .         .         .  19 

Scutellaria  alpina           .         .  18 

alpina,  var.  lupuHna  18 

Sedum  Cepaea                .         .  16 

Seiago  Gillii          ...  18 

Sempervivum  villosum           .  18 

urbicum           .  20 

Senecio  lilacinus            .         .  16 

Tussilaginis       ,         .  18 

Serapiascordigera,  var. longipetala  14 

Silene  laciiiiata               .         .  17 

Sinningia  villosa             .         .  14 

Sisyrinchium  grandiflorum  13 

graminifoliura,  var. 

pumilum         ...  22 

odoratissimum  l5 

Solandra  guttata              .         .  18 

Solanum  crispum                     .  18 

etuberosum               .  20 

SoUya  heteropliylla  17 

Sophora  velutina            .         .  14 

Soulangia  rubra              .         .  18 

Sparaxis  pendula            .         .  16 

Spermadictyon  azureum          .  15 

Sphacele  tarapanulata             .  16 

Sphffirostema  propiuquum      .  20 

Sphenotoma  capitatum            .  18 

Spira;a  ariffifolia              .         .  16 

chamaidrifolia             .  15 

Stachys  albicaulis          .         .  18 

germanica,  var.  pubescens  15 

inflafa                  .          .  20 

Salvias               .         .  15 

Stackbousia  monogyna            .  22 

Stanbopea  eburiiea         .         .  18 

insignis         .         .  22 

■ oculata           .         .  21 

Stapeiia  Gussoneana      .         .  20 

Statice  puberula             .         .  17 

Stemodia  chilensis          .         .  17 

Stenactis  speciosa           .         .  19 

Sterculia  lanceolata        .         .  15 

Tragacanlba             .  16 

Stigmapbyllon  aristatum        .  20 

Streptocarpus  Rexii                .  14 

Stylidium  fasciculatum            .  17 

Syringa  Josika^a             .         .  20 


Taberna?montana  densiflora 
Tacsonia  pinnatistipula 
Talauma  L'andollii 
Teliima  granditlora 
Teucrium  orchideum 
'J'Lermojisis  fal)acea 
Tbryallis  bracliystachys 
Tiliaiidsia  acaulis 

rosea 

stricta 


15 
18 
20 
14 
15 
15 
14 
14 
16 
16 


Folium 
.  1266 
.  1233 
.  16.S2 
.  1460 
.  1493 
.  1391 
.  1504 
.  1553 
.  1741 
.  1342 
.  1550 
.  1189 
.  1444 
.  1134 
.  1364 

.  1915 
.  1283 
.  1551 
.  1516 
.  1712 
.  1466 
.  1185 
.  1498 
.  1360 
.  1235 
.  1382 
.  1688 
.  1515 
.  1365 
.  1222 
.  1.558 
.  1289 
.  1697 
.  1226 
.  1917 
.  1529 
.  1837 
.  1800 
.  1731 
.  14.50 
.  1470 
.  1577 
.  1256 
.  1353 
.  1659 
.  1173 
.  1459 
.  1733 

.  1273 
.  15.16 
.  1709 
.  1178 
.  1255 
.  1272 
.  116*2 
.  1157 
.  13.57 
.  1358 


GENERAL    INDEX    TO    THE    NEW    SERIES. 


Tracliymene  ccErulea 
Tradescantia  undata 
Trichopetalum  gracile 
Tricbopilia  tortilis 
Trifolium  fucatum 

vesiculosum 

Tristania  macropbylla 
Triteleia  laxa 
Tritoma  Burclielli 
Tropajolum  pentaphyllum 
Tulipa  Oculus  solis,  var.  persica 

Oculus  soils,  var.  pracox 

Tupistra  nutans 
Turraea  pinnata 

Ulex  genistoides 

Vacciniura  ovatum 
Vanda  teres 
Verbena  Melindres 


Vol. 

Folium 

Vol. 

Folium 

15 

.  1225 

Verbena  multifida  coiitracta 

21 

.  1766 

17 

.   1403 

sulpburea 

21 

.   1748 

18 

.  1535 

Venionia  axilliflora 

17 

.  1464 

2-2 

.  1863 

Viburnum  cotinifolium 

19 

.  1650 

22 

.   1883 

Villarsia  reniformis 

18 

.  1533 

17 

.  1408 

Viola  prasmorsa 

15 

.  1254 

22 

.  1839 

20 

.  1685 

Westringia  longifolia 

18 

.  1481 

21 

.  1745 

18 

.  1547 

Xerophyllum  setifolium 

19 

.  1613 

14 

.    1143 

17 

.  1419 

Yucca    Draconis  . 

22 

1894 

15 

.  1223 

flaccid  a     . 

22 

1895 

17 

.  1413 

superba     . 

20 

.  1690 

17 

.  1452 

Zephyranthes  mesochloa 

16 

1361 

Spoftbrtbiana 

21 

1746 

16 

.  1354 

Zinnia  violacea,  var.  cocciiiea 

15 

1294 

21 

.  1809 

Zygopetalum  cocbleari  . 

22 

1857 

14 

1184 

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